This has to be the most illegitimate conference championship of all time

[MiamiInvestor]

Duke is 7-5

And Virginia managed to not play the other 4 top ranked teams in the conference in Miami, GT, Pitt, SMU.

 

[Mikeiavelli]

You forgot that UVA also lost to NC State and it didn't count as a conference loss. Makes it even more insane.

 

[tdjones34]

Duke is 7-5

And Virginia managed to not play the other 4 top ranked teams in the conference in Miami, GT, Pitt, SMU.

Mega conferences
A&M almost made it to sec cc beating 7 of the 8 worst sec teams

 

[IRememberSchnelly]

The ACC is a joke and has been as long as we've been in it. I'm hoping - no - praying that Duke beats UVA and represents the ACC in the playoffs. Then it will be impossible to conceal the silliness.

 

[TaylorWalls]

The ACC is a joke and has been as long as we've been in it. I'm hoping - no - praying that Duke beats UVA and represents the ACC in the playoffs. Then it will be impossible to conceal the silliness.

Better yet: Duke wins and no ACC teams make it.

 

[BishopEli]

5 teams tied at 6-2... 4 of them went either 1-0 or 1-1 against the top 6 in the conference... 1 of them went 0-2, guess which one made the title game?

 

[oso4lyf]

Duke isn't going to get a bid if they win.

It will go to a 2nd G5 team. The CFP will have the same amount of G5 teams in that Duke lost to this season.

 

[1mg of Epi]

The ACC is a joke and has been as long as we've been in it. I'm hoping - no - praying that Duke beats UVA and represents the ACC in the playoffs. Then it will be impossible to conceal the silliness.

Nah…. Let Duke win the conference, so the ACC gets ZERO teams in the playoff.

 

[Canes Device]

Any set of tie breakers that puts a team like Duke in the CG is an awful one. There are clearly 3 better teams in conference with the same conf record.
That was exactly the reason conferences abolished Divisions, ffs

 

[Elmer Leghorn]

Better yet: Duke wins and no ACC teams make it.

That's wild

 

[DTP]

Mega conferences
A&M almost made it to sec cc beating 7 of the 8 worst sec teams

This. The unbalanced schedules in today’s giant conferences are a joke. Especially with CFP spots being so closely tied to conference championships. Is a team that goes 8-0 in conference but played the 8 worst teams really better than a team that went 7-1 against the top teams?

 

[Texas Cane]

Duke isn't going to get a bid if they win.

It will go to a 2nd G5 team. The CFP will have the same amount of G5 teams in that Duke lost to this season.

In that case could they put us in as an at large? I’ve heard ESPN talk about not letting the ACC champ in depending who it is. Curious if that would not benefit us having Duke win and us sitting at 12-13.

 

[TaylorWalls]

In that case could they put us in as an at large? I’ve heard ESPN talk about not letting the ACC champ in depending who it is. Curious if that would not benefit us having Duke win and us sitting at 12-13.

I would like to see the committee's actual bylaws. We always hear about the "five highest ranked" conference champions. But what if there aren't five champions good enough to be ranked?

 

[bacane]

This promises to be a classic championship game. Cold, damp ****** weather in a half empty Charlotte stadium with two teams in a pillow fight.

 

[Golsen82]

The ACC is a joke and has been as long as we've been in it. I'm hoping - no - praying that Duke beats UVA and represents the ACC in the playoffs. Then it will be impossible to conceal the silliness.

Duke wouldn't be in the playoffs. It'd be 2 G5 teams lol

 

[Golsen82]

Nothing ever works out so I would bet it all on uva winning . Also **** fsu for not beating uva

 

[flips]

Should just be top 2 teams in each conference in CFP get in CG, or do a mini tourney top 4 CFP in each conference in lieu of further playoff expansion

(Or better yet just get rid of the CGs)

 

[PennsylvaniaCane]

The comments are great

 

[SFbayCane]

Josh Pate just did a wonderful Sarah McLaughlin special , the entire ACC. He said Virginia gets to play for the championship having lost to NC State but not being credited for the loss and also not having to face the #2, #3, #4 and #5 ACC teams.

 

[Canedude08]

I'm not even mad about UVA, they went 7-1 in conference, they EARNED their way in. Once the conference expanded, it became about luck of the draw in regards to who you played in conference, especially once divisions were eliminated. No one could actually predict year to year who is good and who isn't.

The issue is Duke. I'm still in disbelief that the tiebreaker procedure is this incredibly convoluted and stupid, while also avoiding the one thing that should be considered in case of a tie, where everyone didn't play each other: CFP RANKINGS. The WHOLE POINT of the conference championship game is to not only crown a champion, but provide a stage to showcase the conference. You want your BEST TEAMS in that game. In case of a tie, the CFP rankings should be used, because it ensures that stupid crap like this never happens. You have five teams tied at 6-2, and the WORST team, who didn't beat any of the teams they are tied with gets in because terrible Syracuse decided to mail it in against a terrible BC team.