BCS Playoff Idea..

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tennvol92

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This is how I see where a playoff would fix the BCS. Kinda lengthy...

Bowl Championship Series (8 Team) Playoff

This system is a playoff system that uses the BCS. First let me say this doesn't at all throw away the BCS. As a matter of fact the BCS is the most important aspect for this system. I think this would be a fairer way to have the players determine who the best team is. I'll try to be clear...

First off the BCS would rank the teams as normal. For example and time saving I will just make a list:


1. Florida 12-1
2. Oklahoma 12-1
3. Texas 11-1
4. USC 11-1
5. Alabama 12-1
6. Utah 12-0
7. Texas Tech 11-1
8. Penn State 11-1
9. Boise State 12-0
10. Ohio State 10-2
11. TCU 10-2
12. Ball State 12-0
13. Cincinnati 10-2
14. Oklahoma State 9-3
15. Georgia Tech 9-3
16. Georgia 9-3
17. Boston College 9-3
18. BYU 10-2
19. Oregon 9-3
20. Missouri 9-4
21. Michigan State 9-3
22. Northwestern 9-3
23. Pitt 8-3
24. Florida State 8-4
25. Virginia Tech 8-4




Now that we know the rankings we must see who is eligible. And let me say, I do think that teams with 13 game schedules would have to reduce it to 12 games. We will use the same bowl formats that are used to determine BCS bowl games. So we must know the conference champs and at large teams.

SEC Champ: #1 Florida
Big 12 Champ: #2 Oklahoma
Pac 10 Champ: #4 USC
Big 10 Champ: #8 Penn State
BCS At Large or lower ranked BCS conference champ: #3 Texas
BCS At Large or lower ranked BCS conference champ: #5 Alabama
BCS At Large or non-BCS conference champ: #6 Utah
BCS At Large or non-BCS conference champ: #7 Texas Tech

*At Large (since champ is ranked in top two)

Also since this is an eight team playoff that means that there can only be eight teams in the BCS Playoff System. To keep the prestige and value of a conference championship but also allow smaller conference schools to get in, only the top four of the six BCS conference champs are awarded automatic slots. The other four slots come by the way of either of the highest ranked at large, other BCS conference champs, or the non-BCS conference champs. Since Texas is ranked higher than Big East champ Cincinnati they get in and the same with Alabama over ACC champ Boston College. Utah is a non-BCS conference champ but also has a very high ranking so they get in. Texas Tech is an at large team with a very high ranking so they get in and complete the playoff teams.

The playoff games are played the higher ranked team’s home field. This will generate a ton of excitement and games would be instant sell outs. The NCAA will actually make a lot more money in this format. Once the teams are selected then it will be played like a normal playoff.

December 13

#8 Penn St. @ #1 Florida
#7 Texas Tech @ #2 Oklahoma
#6 Utah @ #3 Texas
#5 Alabama @ #4 USC

Here are the simulated results of the games:

#1 Florida defeats #8 Penn St.… 38-24
#2 Oklahoma defeats #7 Texas Tech… 45-41
#3 Texas defeats #6 Utah… 27-7
#4 USC defeats #5 Alabama… 21-20


December 20

#4 USC @ #1 Florida
#3 Texas @ #2 Oklahoma




Results:

#4 USC defeats #1 Florida… 27-24
#2 Oklahoma defeats #3 Texas… 17-13



The perfect thing about this is that the playoff is completed with little to no interference of bowl games or award presentations. The Heisman would be awarded the following Saturday and the bowl games would begin the following week as well. Things would follow schedule with the championship game being played at the FedEx NCG in Miami on January 8.


BCS Bowls:

Orange Bowl (January 1)
Boston College vs. Alabama

Rose Bowl (January 1)
Penn St. vs. Texas Tech

Sugar Bowl (January 2)
Florida vs. Ohio St.

Fiesta Bowl (January 5)
Texas vs. Boise St.


BCS National Championship Game (January 8)
#1 Oklahoma vs. #4 USC


NCAAF BCS Champion: USC
 
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Keep dreaming. I hope Mizzou beats OU and creates even more controversy. I'm sure Texas would get the nod but it would be interesting to see other schools reactions(USC, Penn St.).
 
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tennvol92 said:
how so...they have just as equal chance as any of the other six BCS conferences...if they would have won more games their ranks would be higher.
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I have to admit, I didn't read the entire essay. However, I still think the conferences wouldn't go for it. I think it sounds like a better plan than what we have now.
 
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The 8th place team deserves no shot at the championship.

I'd say top 4 with no auto bids or just have a plus one.
 
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still doesnt solve the problem with BCS. I think the only way is to take so many teams from each conf. and let them play.
 
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Also, all of the conferences should have championship games, or none of them should, in my opinion.
 
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If you have a spot for one conference champion, you have to have spots for them all.

Say hello to your 16-team playoff!
 
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tennvol92 said:
But what if those conferences champions aren't that good?
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That's the risk you run.

Meanwhile, we can all sit around and talk about what a great atmosphere it will be and how exciting it will be to see the #1 team playing a first round game against the Sun Belt champion.
 
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Or better yet don't take conference champion into consideration..
the top 8 ranked teams in the BCS go to the 'playoffs'
The conference champion from the any of the major champs will be in the top 8, if not then their conference is weak and they do not deserve to be there.
 
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You take the 6 bcs conference champs, the top ranked non-bcs conference champ, and one at-large team. Match them up according to rank. The first round is your 4 bcs bowl games with the winners of each game advancing to finish the 3 week playoff.

PERFECTO!!!!!! ;)
 
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The idea sounds great ya.... but you couldn't have the "tournament" then turn around and have bowl game. Its just way too many games.
 
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You're missing 2 conference champions...

You can't try to make a legit playoff system and then saying that you replace champions of a conference because you think the team/the conference is bad.
 
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You have to use the bowls in the playoff system or there is ZERO chance of any playoff system in the short term.
The Orange, Sugar, Rose or any other bowl is out to make money for that bowl only and doesn't really care about the others. Therefore, in order to sell it to the bowls the playoffs must use them. An eight team playoff using the top 4 bowls could sell since this would increase interest in all of those bowl games because they ALL WOULD MATTER. As it stands now the only true national interest is the Championship game.
 
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rmsmith said:
Or better yet don't take conference champion into consideration..
the top 8 ranked teams in the BCS go to the 'playoffs'
The conference champion from the any of the major champs will be in the top 8, if not then their conference is weak and they do not deserve to be there.
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yeah, ask Texas what they think about that idea.
 
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jakez4ut said:
yeah, ask Texas what they think about that idea.
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Oh i'm sure they'll love it.
But that was my point. Texas is better than any school in the ACC or Big East. But in the models a lot of people are discussing here the champion of them would go but would leave Texas out.
 
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gotta have a 16 team playoff if you are going to have a playoff. All 12 conference champs and top 5 at large teams, seed them according to BCS ranking.
 
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