If the 12 Team Playoff was this year...

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I think Clemson and OSU and TCU Utah are backwards.

Edit: i was wrong. Conference champs get the bye.
 
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Looking at that bracket, I think the bettors would likely have Georgia playing Alabama.
The SEC is going to crush this year after year. 4 SEC teams won't be uncommon. LSU probably would have been a hypothetical 4th if they hadn't laid the egg against A&M. Penn St is not a playoff team. Is Auburn their best win?
 
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GregAmsler said:
Yeah, the "conference champs get a bye" rule is crap. Pac 12 and ACC champs are receiving welfare.
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Huge flaw in the system if you ask me. This was basically Sankey throwing them a bone a couple of years ago and the only way that there would be an agreement. If we hadn’t lost to USCjr and came in at 11-1 and didn’t get a bye bc a Clemson team that plays in a mediocre conference beat a mediocre UNC that’s garbage. Luckily this is only a 2 year agreement and some kinks can be corrected in 2026.
 
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Conference champs getting the bye is a smart move, IMO. Those should be rewarded if you are in the playoffs. That will help protect the regular season.
Now about the bowl games. I don't hate the volume, I hate the quality. I would like secondary tournaments. I'm not sure the best way to break that up, but maybe two tournaments with 8-12 teams in each. You would have the CFP, CFPjrWest, and CFPjrEast. Each one is isolated with its own tournament trophy.
 
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fossilfiction said:
Conference champs getting the bye is a smart move, IMO. Those should be rewarded if you are in the playoffs. That will help protect the regular season.
Now about the bowl games. I don't hate the volume, I hate the quality. I would like secondary tournaments. I'm not sure the best way to break that up, but maybe two tournaments with 8-12 teams in each. You would have the CFP, CFPjrWest, and CFPjrEast. Each one is isolated with its own tournament trophy.
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So you are ok with a potential 9-4 team getting a bye in the playoff?
 
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fossilfiction said:
Yes.
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Why? That doesn’t keep the regular season relevant overall. There needs to be a rule where the conference champ needs to at least be a top 10 team to get a bye. The split of divisions will probably make sure that doesn’t happen, but if UNC had beaten Clemson this past weekend there is no way they would deserve a CFP bye after losing to ND,GT and NC State.
 
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Great idea/thread/bracket. If I’m betting, this year very little if anything would change. Georgia, Michigan, and Ohio State win their way in. At #4 it’s a TCU/Utah toss-up.

In our current state, both mentally and physically, most likely we would lose to KSU.

Regarding the actual bowls this season, even if we have a number of players opt out, we beat Clemson.

DJ Uiagalelei is headed to the portal so both teams will start QB2.
 
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RDU VOL#14 said:
Why? That doesn’t keep the regular season relevant overall. There needs to be a rule where the conference champ needs to at least be a top 10 team to get a bye. The split of divisions will probably make sure that doesn’t happen, but if UNC had beaten Clemson this past weekend there is no way they would deserve a CFP bye after losing to ND,GT and NC State.
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Conference championships should be rewarded. If you are eligible for the CFP, and you win the conference championship, the team you beat should not get a bye over you. That is why, and I won't be taking your hypothetical statement bait. It's irrelevant to my answer or your question of why.
 
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fossilfiction said:
Conference championships should be rewarded. If you are eligible for the CFP, and you win the conference championship, the team you beat should not get a bye over you. That is why, and I won't be taking your hypothetical statement bait. It's irrelevant to my answer or your question of why.
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The reward is getting an invitation. They don’t make a 15-15 conference champion basketball team a 1 seed just because they won their tournament. They are usually in the play-in round.
 
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