If all plays out, still a lot of football left...but
Alabama, Clemson, ND
and Michigan (Big Ten Champ..12-1), Oklahoma (Big 12 Champ..12-1), Washington State (Pac 12 Champ..12-1)
Might be the reason they go to 8 teams instead of 4
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is the only sports league where the regular season matters. Every week is a playoff game. Just look at D1 college basketball. Nobody really pays attention until the tournament starts. The regular season is not that important and who cares who is ranked 1-25 each week.
...noticeably change what you’re wanting to keep (week to week urgency). Yes, it would allow a few teams (Alabama, tOSU, even ND) a little more potential breathing room to lose 1 game, but then it will make seeding more interesting, not to mention make the teams earn it more by playing up to THREE top teams at the end. Look, let’s be honest: with 8, ND should be in there more often than not, and that’s a good thing.
2 SEC teams +ND is what would break the 4 team playoff.
If you consider each conference as its own bracket, then only the champion should go. So what if on paper you might be the second-best team in the country? Plenty of pro teams in stronger conferences/divisions get left out every year when they're better than a team from a weaker conference/division. Yes, this isn't pro sports, but the principle is the same.
Go ahead and let some weak dick team in from another conference
Does everyone get a sippy cup too with orange slices?
That is a pathetic reason.....it's the four best teams period.
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The Pinstripe Bowl
There's a lot of things about CFB that SHOULD be different.
putative system, which is not oriented to identifying and including in the Playoff what are judged to be the 4 best teams, would even include ND?
Totally agree
I don't think there is any question at all about that.
They will have beaten every team they played
After allowing 60 points and losing at West Virginia.
If OU wins out and misses out it'll have a case, but teams with powerful offenses and weak defenses are seen as wild cards, which they are to a certain extent. I'm fairly certain Texas, OU, West Virginia and Oklahoma State are all closeohe same quality, and OSU is 6-5 because they're a cuationary tale about high-paced offenses that can't defend. They could be easily be 9-2, the others could easily (or already do) have three or more losses too.