Fran;13410218 said:
I say adopt a system like the NFL has.
That would ruin the Bowl Traditions of College Football, as well as ruin the importance of the NCAA Playoff system.
There are two acceptable NCAA Playoff Formats IMHO:
1. 8 Team format: Would be the less controversial (to implement) but I am not sure if it is THAT much of an improvement over the current BCS. The current BCS Conferences would get autobids, with two at large teams filling the remaining two spots. Two Bowls would need to be added to the BCS format (Atlanta's Peach Bowl and the Dallas Cotton Bowl making the most sense geographically) to make up for the two extra games played.
2. 16 Team Format: This, IMO, is the perfect system. Give every conference Champion an auto bid. Yes, even Conference USA and Sunbelt. While many would argue that teams in lower teams don't deserve there place - they serve two purposes. One: If there is an undefeated or even one loss lower conference team - it will give them a chance to actually prove they belong (or dont belong) with the big boys.
More importantly however, with a 16 team format, you risk lowering the meaning of the regular season by featuring too many at large spots. This format increases the number of at-large spots from an 8 person tournament (basically ensuring that any at-large team with a decent argument of being included will be included) and yet still make them scarce enough that losing two games puts your team in major jeopardy of missing out. The seeds will be determined based on rank. So a lower-conference champion would still have the disadvantage of being a lower seed than, say, a two loss SEC at-large team.
The first round should be played at the home teams stadium with the bulk of the profits going to the hosting team's conference (similar to the Conference USA Championship game). Since this will almost always be a BCS conference hosting - the BCS conferences will still get their money.
The second round would, result in the previous 8 round tournament format listed above.
