How would you fix the CFP

[Sean Miller Fan]

Its going to 14, isnt it? If so, this is what I'd do:

- Top 2 conference champs receive byes. This would be the B10 and SEC champs in most years. Gives them something to play for in their championship games.

- Next 2 conference champs receive a top 8 seed and a home game.

- 5th best conference champ is guaranteed a bid, but not guaranteed a home game

- STOP outsourcing to bowls and keep all the money

- 1st 2 rounds at campus sites

- Final Four all at one site

Using this year as an example:

1 Oregon hosts 8 ASU/9 Ten winner

4 PSU hosts 13 Miami and then ND/12 Bama winner

3 Texas hosts 14 Clem and then 6 OSU/11 SMU winner

2 UGa hosts 7 Boise/10 Indiana winner

Dec 20
6PM - Clemson @ ND
9:30 - SMU @ Boise

Dec 21
11AM - Miami @ PSU
2:45 - Clemson @ Texas
5:30 - Alabama @ ND
9:15 - Tennessee @ Arizona State

Dec 31
Quarterfinal

Jan 1
11AM - ESPN - Quarterfinal
2:15 - ESPN - Quarterfinal
5:00 - ABC - Rose Bowl: Illinois vs Mississippi
8:15 - ESPN - Quarterfinal

Final Four - all at one location

Semis - Mon, Jan 13 and Tue, Jan 14
Championship - Tue, Jan 21

Other bowl games played in late December:

Sugar Bowl: South Carolina vs BYU
Orange Bowl: Syracuse vs Missouri
Cotton: Iowa State vs Texas A&M
Fiesta: Colorado vs Army
Peach: Louisville vs Memphis

 

[Burgh15]

1. All are games are on campus until the Championship. Then have a neutral site like the Super Bowl.

2. It didn't apply this year, but re-seed like the NFL does after each round.

3. Get rid of conference championship games and start the playoffs that weekend. If you want to keep them, then those are the first round games. The 2-3 week layoff for teams is ridiculous. This also puts the championship game around New Year's.

 

[King Of All Message Boards]

I’d have all games played on a neutral field so I never have to read another word about attendance on this website.

 

[redbyrds]

Best 8 teams. 1st round bowl sites. No home games. No conference guarantees. Must play 10 P4 games to qualify. Strength of schedule heavily weighted.

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

Just start the tournament at the conference levels.

1. Top 4 teams from each conference play amongst themselves in a championship tournament. First round is at home for the higher seeds; second would be in Charlotte (using the ACC as an example).

2. Those 4 conference winners play against each other in a national championship tournament. Which means ND has to join a conference.

3. If you must include the G5, let the G5 winner play the lowest seed of the aforementioned three teams in a playoff game.

You're left with what is effectively a 16-team playoff with completely objective qualifications. And you're not even adding that many games, since the conference championships are included in this model.

 

[MJG-90]

Use ranking to seed instead of giving byes to crappy conference champs. The first round would have had better games across the board. Then reseed for the quarterfinals and let it play out from there.

 

[MorningCoffee13]

Its going to 14, isnt it? If so, this is what I'd do:

- Top 2 conference champs receive byes. This would be the B10 and SEC champs in most years. Gives them something to play for in their championship games.

- Next 2 conference champs receive a top 8 seed and a home game.

- 5th best conference champ is guaranteed a bid, but not guaranteed a home game

- STOP outsourcing to bowls and keep all the money

- 1st 2 rounds at campus sites

- Final Four all at one site

Using this year as an example:

1 Oregon hosts 8 ASU/9 Ten winner

4 PSU hosts 13 Miami and then ND/12 Bama winner

3 Texas hosts 14 Clem and then 6 OSU/11 SMU winner

2 UGa hosts 7 Boise/10 Indiana winner

Dec 20
6PM - Clemson @ ND
9:30 - SMU @ Boise

Dec 21
11AM - Miami @ PSU
2:45 - Clemson @ Texas
5:30 - Alabama @ ND
9:15 - Tennessee @ Arizona State

Dec 31
Quarterfinal

Jan 1
11AM - ESPN - Quarterfinal
2:15 - ESPN - Quarterfinal
5:00 - ABC - Rose Bowl: Illinois vs Mississippi
8:15 - ESPN - Quarterfinal

Final Four - all at one location

Semis - Mon, Jan 13 and Tue, Jan 14
Championship - Tue, Jan 21

Other bowl games played in late December:

Sugar Bowl: South Carolina vs BYU
Orange Bowl: Syracuse vs Missouri
Cotton: Iowa State vs Texas A&M
Fiesta: Colorado vs Army
Peach: Louisville vs Memphis

Do it like hoops. Create an S curve. Create one or two play in games with bottom ranked teams that would probably be pretty even and compelling. Yeah maybe those teams get thrown to the wolves on the next round but at least they can say we were 1-1 in the playoffs. I would never allow a game on a home campus. Have your locations and assign teams to their closest region if they deserve it.

 

[Burgh15]

Just start the tournament at the conference levels.

1. Top 4 teams from each conference play amongst themselves in a championship tournament. First round is at home for the higher seeds; second would be in Charlotte (using the ACC as an example).

2. Those 4 conference winners play against each other in a national championship tournament. Which means ND has to join a conference.

3. If you must include the G5, let the G5 winner play the lowest seed of the aforementioned three teams in a playoff game.

You're left with what is effectively a 16-team playoff with completely objective qualifications. And you're not even adding that many games, since the conference championships are included in this model.

This isn't too bad of a model. Getting the G5 out and allowing them to have their own playoffs make sense.

 

[happjack]

Just start the tournament at the conference levels.

1. Top 4 teams from each conference play amongst themselves in a championship tournament. First round is at home for the higher seeds; second would be in Charlotte (using the ACC as an example).

2. Those 4 conference winners play against each other in a national championship tournament. Which means ND has to join a conference.

3. If you must include the G5, let the G5 winner play the lowest seed of the aforementioned three teams in a playoff game.

You're left with what is effectively a 16-team playoff with completely objective qualifications. And you're not even adding that many games, since the conference championships are included in this model.

Part of me wonders if the B1G and SEC will do something like this after they expand again, but it’d be just them.

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

Part of me wonders if the B1G and SEC will do something like this after they expand again, but it’d be just them.

AFC/NFC, ha

 

[happjack]

AFC/NFC, ha

More like what the AL and NL used to be in baseball.