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2025 College Football Playoffs Discussion (12 Team Format)

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I'm surprised to see LSU so low. (47.8%)
And Auburn so high. (30.1%)
I'm also surprised to see such big drops in a couple of spots - #2 Georgia (80.6%) to #3 Texas (69.7%) is 10.9%, and I think that's Arkansas (43%) to Notre Dame (32%) is 11%.
Also, as an engineer, it hurts my eyes a little to see one digit past the decimal point in most cases, but when it is a 0, they didn't put that digit. I get that sometimes you lose a significant digit in there, but I'm guessing someone doesn't know how to tell the spreadsheet to force that digit.
 
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Zurp said:
I'm surprised to see LSU so low. (47.8%)
And Auburn so high. (30.1%)
I'm also surprised to see such big drops in a couple of spots - #2 Georgia (80.6%) to #3 Texas (69.7%) is 10.9%, and I think that's Arkansas (43%) to Notre Dame (32%) is 11%.
Also, as an engineer, it hurts my eyes a little to see one digit past the decimal point in most cases, but when it is a 0, they didn't put that digit. I get that sometimes you lose a significant digit in there, but I'm guessing someone doesn't know how to tell the spreadsheet to force that digit.
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Also, the precision of the numbers seems to greatly exceed the accuracy. For example, could we just round off Texas to 70%?
 
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Gizmo said:
I'd take to the semis. Rotate the semi-final games just like during the 4 team playoffs, play all others at the higher ranked team.
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Id be ok with this, so long as they rotate between true neutral sites, no more strictly Southern/southwestern bowl games, get Indy or Minneapolis in the mix.
Jaxbuck said:
All games at home except the CFB super bowl which is always at the Rose Bowl.

Every other plan can get fucked.
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This is absolutely the ideal, especially if they could keep it on New Year's Day (or eve, if the 1st is a Sunday)
 
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RhodeIslandBuck said:
Id be ok with this, so long as they rotate between true neutral sites, no more strictly Southern/southwestern bowl games, get Indy or Minneapolis in the mix.

This is absolutely the ideal, especially if they could keep it on New Year's Day (or eve, if the 1st is a Sunday)
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They are going to add more teams, if they go past 16 the Championship Game could end up being in the off week before the Super Bowl.
 
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RhodeIslandBuck said:
Id be ok with this, so long as they rotate between true neutral sites, no more strictly Southern/southwestern bowl games, get Indy or Minneapolis in the mix.

This is absolutely the ideal, especially if they could keep it on New Year's Day (or eve, if the 1st is a Sunday)
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Yes. Thanks for the catch.

The CFB Super Bowl will always be played at the Rose Bowl at 5pm eastern time on Jan 1 of the following calendar year.

So it is written, so shall it be.
 
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BB73 said:
They are going to add more teams, if they go past 16 the Championship Game could end up being in the off week before the Super Bowl.
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No doubt, it's too much IMO (in regards to both the number of teams and the calendar).

Unfortunately my thoughts, and the thoughts of college football fans in general, are not shared by the people making these decisions. A 16 team playoff ending on Jan 1 is absolutely feasible, but that's a vision long gone.
 
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RhodeIslandBuck said:
Id be ok with this, so long as they rotate between true neutral sites, no more strictly Southern/southwestern bowl games, get Indy or Minneapolis in the mix.

This is absolutely the ideal, especially if they could keep it on New Year's Day (or eve, if the 1st is a Sunday)
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Indy or Minneapolis aren't any more neutral than Atlanta or New Orleans. I don't believe that a site is really "neutral" just because a collage team doesn't actually play their home games there. You have to consider it's geographical location and/or the close proximity to a specific conference's schools.

Jaxbuck said:
All games at home except the CFB super bowl which is always at the Rose Bowl.

Every other plan can get fucked.
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:sarcastic:...You know that Greg Stankey and the SEC would be "ALL IN" on that one....:sarcastic:

:lol:

Just sayin': The location(s) of the CFPs will be determined as all college football decisions are determined these days; it's not what is the best interest of the players and/or fans, but what brings in the most money, etc.
 
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ScriptOhio said:
Indy or Minneapolis aren't any more neutral than Atlanta or New Orleans. I don't believe that a site is really "neutral" just because a collage team doesn't actually play their home games there. You have to consider it's geographical location and/or the close proximity to a specific conference's schools.


:sarcastic:...You know that Greg Stankey and the SEC would be "ALL IN" on that one....:sarcastic:

:lol:

Just sayin': The location(s) of the CFPs will be determined as all college football decisions are determined these days; it's not what is the best interest of the players and/or fans, but what brings in the most money, etc.
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That's exactly what I was doing. All of the "neutral" sites are located in the southeast or the southwest. Adding more geographic variety would absolutely make it "more" neutral, meaning the location could favor anybody. As it stands now, it benefits certain schools more than others exclusively.

Not that its relevant, it won't happen, and your last point is really all that matters.
 
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