It doesn't look that different to me

It doesn't look that different to me
by nihilist in golf pants (2024-02-29 21:25:36)

In reply to: Surprised no one is talking about this. 14 team playoff posted by ndstein04

than the stupid 12 team playoff that we will have this year.

The thing that used to be great about college football was the fact that every game meant something (to contending teams). By the end of the regular season, you knew that there were a small number of teams that could reasonably claim that they were the best. It was extremely rare for that number to be more than three.

A twelve-team playoff will feature at least half a dozen teams that don't pass the smell test. You'd be insane not to expect a 9-3 team to get an at large bid this year. And a 9-3 or 10-2 team is not deserving of a title shot, regardless of "signature wins". Such a team failed to close too many deals.

This format is worse than the 2024 format, because there are more mediocrities in the mix, but it isn't like they would be ruining something that is pristine.

The following is a list of non-G5 programs

That would have made the CFP had the current proposal been in existence from the beginning of the CFP (i.e., 2014 season), based on next year's conference alignments:

2015: Oklahoma State (16)
2016: West Virginia (16)
2017: TCU (15}
2018: West Virginia (16), Syracuse (20)
2019: Virginia (24)
2021: Wake Forest (17)
2023: Louisville (15), Oklahoma State (20), Kansas State (25)

That's 10 Power 4 teams, in seven of 10 possible years, bumping a more deserving team from the CFP. That wouldn't happen in the 12-team format.