The Polls (AP, Coaches, & CFP, etc.)

[ScriptOhio]

Just sayin': I've always thought 6 is the right number of playoff teams, i.e. all five Power 5 Conference Champions and the best non power 5 Conference team. The best non Power 5 Conference team bust be a Gang of 5 Conference winner or an independent. The CFP Committee would chose the best non Power 5 Conference team and rank the six playoff teams. #1 & #2 get a first round bye and #3 & #4 gets a home quarterfinal game with #6 & #5, etc. Power 5 Conference non division winners and CCG losers have already eliminated themselves from the CFPs.

 

[zbuck]

Just sayin': I've always thought 6 is the right number of playoff teams, i.e. all five Power 5 Conference Champions and the best non power 5 Conference team. The best non Power 5 Conference team bust be a Gang of 5 Conference winner or an independent. The CFP Committee would chose the best non Power 5 Conference team and rank the six playoff teams. #1 & #2 get a first round bye and #3 & #4 gets a home quarterfinal game with #6 & #5, etc. Power 5 Conference non division winners and CCG losers have already eliminated themselves from the CFPs.

Does this plan leave Notre Dame out of the CFP ???

If so .... I love it !!!

 

[BB73]

I could live with 6 teams - the P5 conference champs and 1 highest-ranked non-P5 team. The two byes and the seeding would be determined by a committee, but that’s all.

Great idea, Urban!

 

[ScriptOhio]

Here's somebody proposing a 24 team playoff:

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

Here's somebody proposing a 24 team playoff:

Oh goodie! So ESPiN can have 12 of the SEC teams in the top 24.

 

[AuTX Buckeye]

Oh goodie! So ESPiN can have 12 of the SEC teams in the top 24.

the only thing that will satisfy the ESPN overlords is an 32 team playoff with All the SEC & ACC members + ND + winners from PAC,B1G, B12

 

[Mike80]

Here's somebody proposing a 24 team playoff:

The Coastal Carolina/San Jose State game would be fun to watch

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

The Coastal Carolina/San Jose State game would be fun to watch

Texas vs UNC caught my eye

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

Just realized it has Ball State in the tourney against Iowa State. Must see tv.

 

[BuckeyeSoldier]

Ive got;
Bama, Georgia, A&M, UNC, Iowa, Florida, Indiana, and tOSU in the elite 8.

 

[Mariotwins]

This year in the NFL is exactly why if there are auto bids in an expanded playoff that they need to have stipulations. A team with a losing record winning their division is a fucking joke, and potentially 11 win teams sitting home while a 9 win team gets a wildcard spot because of the conference they are in is just sad.

 

[LordJeffBuck]

This is the 8th time that Ohio State has finished as the runner-up in the AP Poll. No team has more #2 finishes that Ohio State (yay!):

1944: Army was AP champ; CP (coaches poll) did not begin until 1950
1957: Auburn was AP champ; Ohio State was CP & FWAA champ
1961: Alabama was AP champ; Ohio State was FWAA champ
1973: Notre Dame was AP champ; Alabama CP champ
1996: Florida was unanimous champ
1998: Tennessee was unanimous champ
2006: Florida was unanimous champ
2020: Alabama was unanimous champ

 

[Hstead]

I would like to see at least 16 teams. That 24 team bracket is pretty good I think. I would much rather tune in to watch those games as some of the BS bowl games we have to watch, and we still watch. Every other level of football manages a 16 plus playoff system, from pee wee, to high school, to D3, D2, FCS, and the NFL, but for some reason D1 can't figure it out.

 

[Jaxbuck]

If you are advocating for playoff expansion, understand that you are asking for a diminishment of the regular season and with that, rivalries. The only question is of degree and timing.

 

[Hstead]

If you are advocating for playoff expansion, understand that you are asking for a diminishment of the regular season and with that, rivalries. The only question is of degree and timing.

I think a team only has one rival and those should remain intact. I think the regular season should be reduced a game to two minimum.

Perfect place for this, from the Pirate Genius