CFP Thread

[OrangeAfroMan]

Same for me with the Fiesta Bowl after the 2006 season.  I remember the opening kickoff but nothing after that. 

That's still one of the craziest games of all time.  Not just a big upset, but for OSU to run back the opening kickoff, only to then have 82 total yards.  Unreal.  
I was waiting for OSU to start running the ball and get back into it, but it never happened.  Until Florida went up 34-14, I was freaking out, like the 1980 US hockey team with the lead with way too much time left.

[MikeDeTiger]

Coulda been worse.

That opening kickoff return should've been nullified because of a blatant hold on Reggie Nelson that didn't get called.  

[ManHawk]

Big Ten has made a new proposal for the CFP format in future years.

24-team CFP
1 automatic bid to the highest ranked G6 school
23 at large bids
No CCG's
8 game first round played on college campus in 2nd week of Dec
Not clear on 2nd round.  Guessing another 8 games on campus in 3rd week of Dec
Committe to make a reasonable effort to have no rematches in first or 2nd round if possible.
Quarterfinals in bowls around NYD
Semifinals in bowls in early or mid Jan
NCG in mid or late Jan

I guess this would mean a conference championship would be considered almost meaningless in the CFP seeding process.

Without the CCG,  Ohio St probably would have been the #1 seed in the CFP if this format would have been in place in 2025.

[ManHawk]

Big Ten has made a new proposal for the CFP format in future years.

24-team CFP
1 automatic bid to the highest ranked G6 school
23 at large bids
No CCG's
8 game first round played on college campus in 2nd week of Dec
Not clear on 2nd round.  Guessing another 8 games on campus in 3rd week of Dec
Committe to make a reasonable effort to have no rematches in first or 2nd round if possible.
Quarterfinals in bowls around NYD
Semifinals in bowls in early or mid Jan
NCG in mid or late Jan

I guess this would mean a conference championship would be considered almost meaningless in the CFP seeding process.

Without the CCG,  Ohio St probably would have been the #1 seed in the CFP if this format would have been in place in 2025.

If this format would have been in place in 2025;

First round / second round
23 Iowa @ 10 ND / 8 OK
22 GT @ 11 BYU / 7  Tex A&M
21 Hou @ 12 Miami /  6 Ole Miss
24 UNT @ 9 Bama / 5 Oregon
20 Tulane @ 13 Texas / 4 TT
19 Mich @ 15 Utah / 3 Georgia
18 Ariz @ 14 Vandy / 2 Indiana
17 VA @ 16 USC / 1 Ohio St

# Teams by conference
SEC - 7
Big Ten - 6
Big 12 - 5
ACC - 3
G6/American - 2
Indy (ND) - 1

[Brutus Buckeye]

Half the SEC? 

They haven't made a NCG since NIL kicked in. 

[Cincydawg]

I've thought for a long time that these notions of clear SEC superiority were unfounded Internet tripe.  I think in some years past it was probably slightly true, these days it's probably slightly untrue.  Outside the B1G these days there is a pretty clear dropoff.  But in some years past the other conferences have looked pretty strong, to me, top to bottom, just winning an NC doesn't mean your conference overall is great.

The SEC has been through some "helmet rotation" with programs like Florida, LSU, and Tennessee being down, and Ole Miss and Vandy being up (of late), and they don't have the same helmet as the others.  I suspect if Florida and LSU replaced Vandy and OM, perceptions might be different for some.