So what happens to the conference championship games in the 14 team model?
Seems to me they become irrelevant, if not harmful to the best teams in each power conference league.
Does the money from the playoff fairly offset the loss of the conference championship game?
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2y
Assuming that there is a P2 in place. 4 divisional champs in each league to have a B1G vs SEC Super Bowl.
In a 14 team model, it seems fair to do away with CCGs too. Move Army / Navy back to the weekend after Thanksgiving. That would give all teams a week off before the playoffs start.
CCGs host cities will not like that idea though.
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2y
..is that the 2nd best team in the regular season in a given conference can make their CCG and lose, only to have another school that was 3rd or 4th (or a Notre Dame) potentially leapfrog them just by sitting at home that weekend.
Example: Clemson is 11-1 in the regular season and beats 10-2 Va Tech in the ACCCG. FSU, who also finished 10-2, sneaks into the playoff ahead of now 10-3 VT as do some random 9-3 SEC and Big 10 teams who did not play a 13th game.
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I85Hokie
2y
We got penalized by giving the eventual national champs all they could handle, while FSU and Louisville stayed home and jumped us in the bowl pecking order.
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HOO86
2y
After 12, then consider 16 with ZERO byes and only Conference Champions as AQ just like every other tournament. This talk of 14 favoring SEC and B1G is beyond ridiculous.
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2y
Everything below is very TIC and just for fun, my actual personal preference would be smaller, but since expansion is inevitable, I thought I would have some fun with it.
23-25 teams, 27 games played over 2 months!
make all 9 CCGs (18 teams) first round (Championship Weekend)
3-5 highest ranked losers fall into a second round where they host 5-7 at-large teams (Redemption Saturday)
(i couldn't decide how many CCG losers vs at-large teams to include here, but I visualized 5/5 below. I think this could be the most loaded round of this format with almost every matchup likely being between top ranked teams)
5 winners join 7 lowest ranked conf champs in 3rd round on home sites (Holiday 12, played on/around Christmas)
(This is the exciting round with the chance for a cinderella to emerge)
CFP QF matches those 6 winners with the 2 best CCG champs NYE/D in bowls
Bracket from there
Visual below shows some SEC/B1G favoritism (3 teams each locked in, favorable matchups, etc, but the 2 byes to the QF are not conference specified (but would likely include B1G/SEC teams most years). Matchups could easily be set/adjusted by a committee to ensure best matchups, minimal/no intra-conf matchups between CCGs and QF, and least travel in early rounds, etc.
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2y
of course ESPN and Fox too.
Follow the money!!
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2y
I've heard everything where, the championships might be part of the 14 package with P2 teams getting to play semi finals. (all exclusive ) and the rest of us scramble
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2y
My guess is that once the current contracts end, the money will shift to the playoffs. So the funds still end up heavily with the P2, just in a different way.
And this could be one of the reasons for them wanting multiple AQ bids. It replaces the CCGs.
** Edited by HokieAl at 3/4/2024, 1:55:34 PM
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