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bayareabadger

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Re: CFP Thread
« Reply #854 on: January 23, 2026, 10:53:39 PM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on January 22, 2026, 02:15:30 PM
Is there a league that allows everyone to play in the playoffs?
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Re: CFP Thread
« Reply #855 on: January 24, 2026, 06:38:43 AM »
Quote from: MikeDeTiger on January 22, 2026, 12:37:34 PM
I liked that cfb had something different to offer than the NFL.  In a world where it's not obvious what the correct way of determining a champion is, or if there even is a correct way, it was neat to see two different levels of the game do it different ways.  We got to see it play out multiple ways.  Of late, it seems like cfb is doing everything in its power to be just like the NFL, and that, to me, is much more boring nauseating in that they're starting to define "winner" the same way. 
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Re: CFP Thread
« Reply #856 on: January 24, 2026, 10:25:49 AM »
Despite sticking with the 12-team format,  there will be a few things different with the 2026 playoffs based on agreements from before

Notre Dame will automatically qualify for the 12 team CFP if they finished ranked in the top 12.

The ACC champion, and all P4 champions, will now automatically get a spot in the 12-team CFP no matter what they are ranked.  Which means the G6 will only get 1 champion, and only 1 champion, automatically in the CFP..

The G5 will expand to the G6.  The Pac will officially come back to life with 8 teams and will once again have a CCG to determine its champion.  However, the Pac is no longer considered a power conference,  and will be grouped in with the other G6 conferences.

It also worth noting that the ACC has not decided yet how its 2026 tiebreaker will work that will determine which 2 teams play in the ACC CCG.  This will be especially tricky because 5 ACC teams will play 8 conference games and 12 ACC teams will play 9 conference games in 2026.  My guess is the ACC will just have its top 2 ranked teams play in its CCG.

So if these changes were already in place in 2025,  Notre Dame would have got in , and the ACC champion would have got in, and JMU would have been out.  The ACC CCG would probably had Virginia playing Miami,  so whoever won that game would have been in, who ever lost would probably have been out.
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« Reply #857 on: January 24, 2026, 11:44:20 AM »
The ACC is especially stupid.  


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkoPq5AOCOA

...is no way to run a conference, son.
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Re: CFP Thread
« Reply #858 on: January 28, 2026, 06:58:01 AM »
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Re: CFP Thread
« Reply #859 on: January 28, 2026, 11:18:44 AM »
Quote from: ManHawk on January 24, 2026, 10:25:49 AM
The ACC champion, and all P4 champions, will now automatically get a spot in the 12-team CFP no matter what they are ranked.  Which means the G6 will only get 1 champion, and only 1 champion, automatically in the CFP..

It also worth noting that the ACC has not decided yet how its 2026 tiebreaker will work that will determine which 2 teams play in the ACC CCG.  This will be especially tricky because 5 ACC teams will play 8 conference games and 12 ACC teams will play 9 conference games in 2026.  My guess is the ACC will just have its top 2 ranked teams play in its CCG.

So if these changes were already in place in 2025,  Notre Dame would have got in , and the ACC champion would have got in, and JMU would have been out.  The ACC CCG would probably had Virginia playing Miami,  so whoever won that game would have been in, who ever lost would probably have been out.
If the P4 get auto-bids then wouldn't it be advantageous to go back to divisions?  

For an example look at the B1G in 2022:  The B1GCG was between 8-4/6-3 and unranked Purdue and 12-0/9-0 #2 Michigan.  The general idea was that maybe instead of the 8-4/6-3 unranked B1G-W Champ Michigan's opponent should have been 11-1/8-1 #4 Ohio State because what if Purdue upset Michigan.  

With an auto-bid and a 12-team playoff Purdue upsetting Michigan would be good for the league as a whole, no?  We'd end up with:
  • 12-1 non-Champion Michigan (lost CG to PU)
  • 11-1 non-Champion Ohio State (lost The Game to Connor Stallions cheating scheme)
  • 10-2 non-Champion Penn State (lost on the road to Connor Stallions cheating scheme by 24 and at home to tOSU by 13)
  • 9-4 B1G Champion Purdue (lost at home to PSU by 4, at Syracuse by 3, at UW by 11, and at home to Iowa by 21)
All four would get in, no?  Instead of potentially costing us a slot the upset actually gets us an extra slot because it propels Purdue into the playoffs.  So what if they get destroyed in the first round, as long as the check clears all the better for us and that playoff revenue is divided among the league's teams so we all get a share.  
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Re: CFP Thread
« Reply #860 on: January 28, 2026, 01:34:17 PM »
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Re: CFP Thread
« Reply #861 on: January 28, 2026, 02:19:20 PM »
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« Reply #862 on: January 28, 2026, 02:59:54 PM »
How often does this come up?

Looking at 2021 Cincinnati.  They beat #17 Houston, who was 11-1, with the lone loss being neutral field to Texas Tech.  Clearly not a 4 team CFP resume, but decent.  And if they then beat Cincinnati, I think I'd rather that Houston team get the autobid.

But here's what I think they are trying to avoid.  Does Cincinnati deserve to drop from #4 to #13 for that loss?  Probably not.  So you let two AAC teams in?  They don't want that either.
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« Reply #863 on: January 28, 2026, 05:31:26 PM »
It's just weird that they changed the rule so the G6 autobid bid does not have to be a conference champion while they changed the rule that every P4 conference champion is now guarunteed an autobid.
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« Reply #864 on: January 28, 2026, 06:08:50 PM »
The people in charge are not bona fide. 

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« Reply #865 on: February 03, 2026, 05:29:08 PM »
Stole this from another message board.  Updates to the 2026-2027 playoff schedule

2026-27:

It appears since NYE is a Thursday the CFP figures the NFL will claim it so they will play on Wednesday, December 30 instead. Also for the first time ever the Sugar Bowl will be a SEMIFINAL, it will not be played on NYD. The other SF will be in the Orange Bowl. The Fiesta Bowl will be Dec. 30. The other NYD bowls will be the Peach and Cotton, one will inherit the post Rose Bowl slot, it was not announced which.

2027-28:

They move back to NYE since it is a Friday but the SUGAR BOWL is the NYE Bowl. The Orange Bowl will be a SF again along with the Cotton and the Fiesta and Peach are on NYD with the Rose, again no announcement on which will air before and which will air after.

Precedent:
The Sugar Bowl is out as a permanent NYD night bowl and will enter the SF rotation.

It is interesting that the Orange Bowl is back to back SF. Was that something they wanted or did the other bowls bid higher and the Orange Bowl lost?

The Peach Bowl is the only bowl other than the Rose that is NYD both years and these years NYD is Friday and Saturday so getting the post Rose Bowl prime time slot means fans won't have to go to work the following morning. It will be interesting if the Peach Bowl gets the prime time slot both years. For sure the SEC champ won't be in the Sugar in the QF in 2026-27, will they be in 2027-28 automatically? I'm pretty sure the Rose Bowl Big Ten mid afternoon traditions will continue.

Yes the SF and F are later. I believe they want at least one full week after NYD so having the SF on January 7 and 8 would be unacceptable.
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Re: CFP Thread
« Reply #866 on: February 03, 2026, 05:37:35 PM »
Fun fact, there were two Sugar Bowls in 1995.  The Sugar Bowl for the 1994 season was played on Monday, January 2, 1995, and featured a rematch between the Florida Gators and the Florida State Seminoles.

The Sugar Bowl for the 1995 season was played on December 31st, 1995, and was a game between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Texas Longhorns. I was present in New Orleans at that game on NYE 1995, but somehow I seem to have forgotten most of what happened between about 7 PM on 12/31 and 2 AM on 1/1.  So don't ask me about the score of that game, it probably never even happened, anyway.
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Re: CFP Thread
« Reply #867 on: February 03, 2026, 06:39:44 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on February 03, 2026, 05:37:35 PM
The Sugar Bowl for the 1995 season was played on December 31st, 1995, and was a game between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Texas Longhorns. I was present in New Orleans at that game on NYE 1995, but somehow I seem to have forgotten most of what happened between about 7 PM on 12/31 and 2 AM on 1/1.  So don't ask me about the score of that game, it probably never even happened, anyway.
Same for me with the Fiesta Bowl after the 2006 season.  I remember the opening kickoff but nothing after that.  
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