It would be beautiful if they did.
Also, I've heard PSU should play their back up's in the B1G Championship game, to move back to the coveted 5 seed.
They've really bungled this entire thing with formatting.
AQ's fine. Bu there should be no guaranteed bye's. Top 4 teams should get the bye's.
I like rewarding Conference Champions with a bye. I'd prefer an eight team playoff that rewarded the top-4 Conference Champions with HFA in the quarter-finals but what they need to change is that they need to reseed after the first round using the rankings, not the CFP Seeds. So for this year, assuming all higher ranked teams win all games it would be this:
- #1 Oregon over #3 Penn State in B1GCG
- #2 Texas over #5 Georgia in SECCG
- #8 SMU over #17 Clemson in ACCCG
- #15 ASU over #16 ISU in B12CG
- #10 Boise over #20 UNLV in MWCCG
Then, assuming teams that lose their CG's don't get punished for it, the final seedings/rankings will be approximately:
- #1 Oregon
- #2 Texas
- #8 SMU
- #10 Boise
- #3 Penn State
- #4 Notre Dame
- #5 Georgia
- #6 Ohio State
- #7 Tennessee
- #9 Indiana
- #11 Bama
- #15 Arizona State
As it stands currently that leads to:
- #7 Tennessee at #6 Ohio State, winner vs #1 Oregon
- #9 Indiana at #5 Georgia, winner vs #2 Texas
- #11 Bama at #4 Notre Dame, winner vs #8 SMU
- #15 ASU at #3 Penn State, winner vs #10 Boise
With higher-ranked teams winning all games, the quarter-final match-ups are:
- #1 Oregon vs #6 Ohio State
- #2 Texas vs #5 Georgia
- #3 Penn State vs #10 Boise
- #4 Notre Dame vs #8 SMU
This is unfair to #1 Oregon and #2 Texas as their "reward" for going undefeated, winning their league, and finishing #1/2 is to get a tougher quarter-final opponent than Penn State and Notre Dame teams that were less accomplished and, in PSU's case, not only lost to a team that Oregon beat but also lost H2H to Oregon on a neutral field.
Reseeding fixes it. After the higher ranked teams win their first-round games, the new seeds are:
- #1 Oregon
- #2 Texas
- #3 Penn State
- #4 Notre Dame
- #5 Georgia
- #6 Ohio State
- #8 SMU
- #10 Boise
So the second round is:
- #1 Oregon vs #10 Boise
- #2 Texas vs #8 SMU
- #3 Penn State vs #6 Ohio State
- #4 Notre Dame vs #5 Georgia
Oregon and Texas accomplished enough to earn an easier path. They shouldn't get stuck playing #5/6 Georgia/Ohio State when #8/10 SMU/Boise are available.
For the record, I wasn't in favor of expansion and I wanted it limited to eight to keep more meaning in the regular season. I'd have set it up as eight teams with the four highest ranked Champions hosting the quarter-finals. You'd still have to include five league champions for legal/political reasons so the four teams thus eliminated would be Bama, Indiana, Tennessee and Ohio State and your seeds would be:
- #1 Oregon
- #2 Texas
- #8 SMU
- #10 Boise
- #3 Penn State
- #4 Notre Dame
- #5 Georgia
- #15 ASU
The first round games would be:
- #15 ASU at #1 Oregon
- #3 Penn State at #10 Boise
- #4 Notre Dame at #8 SMU
- #5 Georgia at #2 Texas
