16 team playoff proposal

I would love a a 16-team playoff where every conference champion gets an automatic berth, leaving five at-large teams left over. If every conference champion has its shot, then there would be no dilemma about who should play in the national championship game. If a team is upset it didn’t get into the playoffs, it would have no room for argument because it should have won its conference. This system would also eliminate the two-team-per-conference rule, and in this case, the SEC would benefit. The NCAA could then have a selection committee and re-seed every team the best way it sees fit. If college football were to institute a playoff today, here is one look at the possible first-round matchups. NOTES: based on the final Bowl Championship Series   No. 1 LSU (SEC) vs. No. 16 Louisiana Tech (WAC) No. 2 Alabama (At large) vs. No. 15 Northern Illinois (MAC) No. 3 Arkansas (At large) vs. No. 14 Arkansas State (Sun Belt) No. 4 Oklahoma State (Big 12) vs. No. 13 Louisville (Big East) No. 5 Virginia Tech (ACC) vs. No. 12 TCU (Mountain West) No. 6 Stanford (At large) vs. No. 11 Michigan State (Big Ten) No. 7 Boise State (At large) vs. No. 10 Oregon (Pac-12) No. 8 Southern Miss (CUSA) vs. No. 9 Oklahoma (At large)   NOTE: The first round of the playoff will be played on campuses before Christmas. Most schools finish finals somewhere around December 5th-15th. We want to give teams as close to a full week of post final preparation as possible. We must get eight games in before December 24th to allow for people to travel for Christmas. We are not going to play on Sundays out of respect for the NFL, so on Monday the 20th, Tuesday the 21st, Wednesday the 22nd, and Thursday the 23rd we will have two games each night that are staggered with regard to start times depending on the location of the games.

What a bunch of interesting matchups a playoff would create. The battle for the state of Arkansas as well as a rematch between Boise State and Oregon would generate great interest. If the top seeds each advanced to the next round, you would have even better matchups. The little dogs like Boise State and Southern Miss would definitely have to test their skills against the best of the SEC. I can’t even begin to fathom the 2nd round: LSU vs. Andrew Luck, Oregon 70, Oklahoma State 69, Arkansas vs. Michigan State, Boise St. vs. Alabama’s defense. That’d trump any New Year’s Day slate of bowls in the last decade. And it’s only the 2nd round. * USC is on probation, or it would represent the Pac-12. The positives are simple: more money and no questions about who is the National Champion. I could go into more details, but I think that is rather simple. Otherwise, the Plus-one format should used. If my proposed playoff system is used, other companies can sponsor these games and all of the traditional BIG names can still hold claim to their bowl i.e., Tostitos, Orange, Sugar, etc... Come on, you don't think State Farm, Microsoft, and/or Google wouldn't want to sponsor a bowl game? What about GoDaddy? As I asked before, name another sport that allows outsiders to decide who plays for the championship? A true championship is played on the field and not in a hard drive or a whiteboard, and especially not by writers, bloggers and Congress. “Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him.” ~Woody Hayes I would love to hear from you on this subject... hit us up on Twitter, Facebook, or right here in this article.

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