Sources: SEC, Big Ten building momentum to further expand College Football Playoff to 14 or 16 teams

[RUDead]

The National Championship had no juice because it was too late and conflicted with NFL playoffs.

They will suck the life out of NCAA football until it's the NBA and nobody cares.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

16 and no BYES is the way they need to go... however they will choose 14 with BYES and some convoluted system. My guess is SEC and ESPN really wants the same 12-team system but more ability for SEC to get teams in. Justification to leave out others.. like drop the conference champion thing in favor of the rankings that they have more influence over.

I said it when the BigXII, Pac 12 and Big Ten talked about having their own championship because the SEC was being recalcitrant in negotiating a playoff expansion.. F'orget the SEC and ESPN if SEC insists on BYEs.

But I also suggest having early season OOC games scheduled by some independent mediator-type organization to establish some kind of basis of comparison between conferences. Schools scheduling their own opponents doesn't produce a lot of interesting or unique early season matchups. Perhapos it should be like basketball where you have all these early season tourneys.. but a football version of that.

 

[WhiteBus]

Nah - I don’t think it will be that bad on average. The gap isn’t to the extent of a 1/16 game in March Madness. Upsets will be pretty rare but it won’t be that often that you get games like this years Super Bowl. Most of the time the better team will pull away down the stretch. But there will be a good number more late regular season games that will have bubble implications that draw more viewer interest than they otherwise would.

When a #16 beats a #1 team I'll believe you. They won't put toothpaste back in the tube but the perfect number was 8. Now they have add more lessor teams to fix their mistake.

 

[mosito]

So no more At-Large (since it’s guaranteed to ND)?

What if the 5th best Big Ten team is better than the 2nd best ACC?

How about a 2nd G5 team better than the 2nd Big 12 team?

Also - no more committee?
How are they judging the teams - conference record?
What about the G5 teams?
We’re back to the AP Poll deciding?

There will either be 1(14) at large or 3(16) at large.

In the 14, it goes to ND automatically if they are a top 14. Even if the 5th place SEC is ahead of them

In a 16 team, with 3 at larges, the scenario that i see happening is the 6th place SEC or B10 being better on paper than the 2nd place ACC or Big12. In that case, i am ok with the 2nd place team getting in.

But in the 14 team.... you will see that a lot

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

Expansion to 14 is idiotic. There are 4 rounds. Max it out at 16. Byes are really unfair in my opinion for football. There are not enough games to objectively compare two resumes and make a decision as massive as that. An extra game when there are only 12 games to begin with is a very big deal. Everyone in the playoffs should play the same number of games. At least in my opinion.

 

[RU at the shore]

With 4 Auto Bids for the SEC and B10,
They will have 1v2 for the conference champion.
3v6 for the 3rd spot
4v5 for the 4th spot

I like the clear pathway for Rutgers to get in. Finish top 6 in BIG. Knock off #3 in the new and improved championship/play-in week.

 

[Scarlet Jerry]

Get rid of the whole playoff nonsense and go back to the New Years Bowl Games meaning something. Let people argue over who is the national championship. College football should end on New Year's Day. The goal should be making a New Years Day Bowl - that used to be celebrated. College football should not be the NFL. They have destroyed the tradition of the game.