College Football Playoff Considers Major Format Change Ahead of 2025 Season
If this goes through, I would guess that maybe the P2 are okay with 16 in 2026. No byes, everyone plays in the first round...or at least I hope so.
PS I would also like to see the Conference Championship or whatever Conference play in games go away for everyone playing week zero OOC rivalry games* and having Army Navy the week of Conference Championship game, so that pretty much everyone gets a bye that weekend.
*Thanksgiving weekend becomes Conference Rivalry weekend, so everyone has a big game and everyone gets a bye the next weekend, but all of this is probably more than they can handle in their heads. :-)
** Edited by Stech at 4/3/2025, 1:07:56 PM
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1y
Now the P2s have the opportunity to game the system so they secure most (or all) of the byes and first round home games.
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1y
well.
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1y
They should stipulate that all the top 4 conference champs are seeded no lower than 8th, guaranteeing each at least a first round home game. Winning a conference championship should hold SOME value over being the third or fourth place team from the B1G or SEC.
It would probably never happen, but I would even be okay with all five champs being guaranteed a top 8 seed. We might actually see some first round upsets.
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1y
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