2025 College Football Playoffs Discussion (12 Team Format)

[buckeyemania11]

The committee has ALOT to answer for this season. I’m all for bringing back the computers to determine our Top 12.

But the fact that Bama didn’t move at all after losing by 21 and Georgia didn’t move it all after winning by 21 is pretty indicative of a “let’s just get through this bullshit so we don’t have to answer any more questions” mindset from the committee.

I think it's pretty simple. If they dropped Bama out for using the SEC title game, then the SEC would threaten to eliminate the SEC title game all together. ESPN/Disney owns the CFP and the SEC title game and ESPN/Disney would not like losing that extra money they rake in from the SEC title game.

Id say at this point just eliminate CCG games and take the playoff to 16 teams, play the first round the weekend that CCGs would normally be played.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

For all their arrogance, does the SEC realize that they've let espn maneuver them into being a wholly owned subsidiary? The SEC is Steven, and the B1G is Django.

 

[knuckifyoubuck]

I think it's pretty simple. If they dropped Bama out for using the SEC title game, then the SEC would threaten to eliminate the SEC title game all together. ESPN/Disney owns the CFP and the SEC title game and ESPN/Disney would not like losing that extra money they rake in from the SEC title game.

Id say at this point just eliminate CCG games and take the playoff to 16 teams, play the first round the weekend that CCGs would normally be played.

I know we won't go backwards, but, wouldn't it make sense to treat CCG *as* a playoff game? Make that the first round? Lets go back to divisions, play everyone in your division - send the divisional winners after a week off to recover for the CCG. Conference winners then seed a national playoff.

 

[RuGettinIt]

I know we won't go backwards, but, wouldn't it make sense to treat CCG *as* a playoff game? Make that the first round? Lets go back to divisions, play everyone in your division - send the divisional winners after a week off to recover for the CCG. Conference winners then seed a national playoff.

So in your scenario is the CCG winner an auto in and the loser could still be a wildcard or are they done?

I think I know the answer just want to clarify if we’re talking more of a NFL model

 

[Steve19]

Why is Rutgers listed twice lol

They were really pissed off

 

[Steve19]

Our conversations are silent on the two teams from Mickey Mouse conferences that crawl in because...participation trophy. JMU? Stunning 4th quarter win against 5-6 Washington State? If I was a ND fan, I'd be asking why in the hell those guys get an auto bid.

 

[BB73]

I know we won't go backwards, but, wouldn't it make sense to treat CCG *as* a playoff game? Make that the first round? Let’s go back to divisions, play everyone in your division - send the divisional winners after a week off to recover for the CCG. Conference winners then seed a national playoff.

You’re right, there’s no going backwards.

But if they went to 14 and had the top-2 CCG winners get the only byes, they would accomplish getting more games and keep the CCGs as being meaningful.

It makes too much sense to actually happen.

 

[buckeyemania11]

Our conversations are silent on the two teams from Mickey Mouse conferences that crawl in because...participation trophy. JMU? Stunning 4th quarter win against 5-6 Washington State? If I was a ND fan, I'd be asking why in the hell those guys get an auto bid.

Eh we all know the rules before the season starts. I think once you lose 2 games you lose the right to complain. as a P4 (especially for the B1G SEC and ND) if you can stay under 2 losses you are getting in basically every year barring some freak season. Once you lose that 2nd game and put it into the hands of the committee, it's all on you at that point.

 

[Steve19]

Eh we all know the rules before the season starts. I think once you lose 2 games you lose the right to complain. as a P4 (especially for the B1G SEC and ND) if you can stay under 2 losses you are getting in basically every year barring some freak season. Once you lose that 2nd game and put it into the hands of the committee, it's all on you at that point.

I guess the issue is that the toughest games on their schedule are the warmup games everyone else is playing at the start of the season. And they will get blown out.

 

[Jaxbuck]

You’re right, there’s no going backwards.

But if they went to 14 and had the top-2 CCG winners get the only byes, they would accomplish getting more games and keep the CCGs as being meaningful.

It makes too much sense to actually happen.

Thats my read essentially.

They aren't giving up those tv time slots/revenue for what we now have as CCG's. It's just not going to happen.

So make them consistently useful and adjust them to be "play in" games not a rigid CCG.

Details matter, you will have to expand the field (it's going to happen) but there you go. Problem solved (sort of).

 

[zbuck]

Why would anyone be shocked by this ? ESPN spends the entire season propping up the SEC rankings. Of course there going to continue with the fuckery through the final selections.