What could a 16 team CFP Look like?

[Hoyacane1620]

First game at field of higher seed. Second round moves on to the Peach, Fiesta, Cotton and Orange Bowls. Semi Finals at Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl. Uses the format of NCAA basketball bracket: 1 vs 16, 2vs 15, etc

 

[88]

Would look like the end of the regular season

 

[Kjdcanefan]

In that scenario, Miami could easily lose the first game, or play it's way into the top 4.

 

[Colombie]

So we would go through all of that mess just to have Bama and Clemson play each other again.

Seems like a waste of time.

 

[AutoCANE]

I am a proponent of an 8 team playoff personally - 16 seems like too much. Power 5 champs + 3 at large and you can use the New Year’s 6 bowls to fit it nicely.

If ever there was a year to test it...whether 8 or 16...this would have been it, though. With no cross conference competition to gauge where teams / conferences are against one another it would have been ideal. But the NCAA of course is gutless.

I have no hope that it will ever change.

 

[AutoCANE]

One thing I will say...a scenario like that would garner some serious ratings...aka some serious $$$$$$$$$$$

Since that’s all they think about at the governing level you would think they would at least consider it.

 

[anandris]

I like our chances with our bracket lol

 

[M.Hendrix]

Can’t believe people want more teams in a playoff. As it is every **** game is a playoff!! Why make the season less important. And does a 3 or 4 loss team deserve a shot?

 

[Miami[]_[]Smoke]

I always knew Iowa was the best football state in the country.

but the result would be the same, the only thing this would do is introduce the greater possibility of an injury to a major player. This isn’t basketball

 

[M.Hendrix]

6 teams is perfect. Top to get a bye, makes every game all year important. And that’s why we love college football.

 

[smack99]

Would absolutely love it but it’ll never happen

 

[Miami04]

So we would go through all of that mess just to have Bama and Clemson play each other again.

Seems like a waste of time.

That’s going to happen regardless this year

 

[Groz73Cane]

First game at field of higher seed. Second round moves on to the Peach, Fiesta, Cotton and Orange Bowls. Semi Finals at Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl. Uses the format of NCAA basketball bracket: 1 vs 16, 2vs 15, etc

This is a great format, I’ve advocated for 8g playoff, but this is the best, unfortunately it also the worst bc it was posted by a ***ing Nole

 

[ithacane]

Oh ****! A showdown against ND in the Cotton Bowl! I could see Harley doing a Thrill Hill reboot!

 

[MyKidIsLoggedIn2MyAccount]

It’s absurd to say 8 teams is better or 16. How do you know it’s better? There will always be teams on the cusp who deserve to be part of the new formats, anyways. It solves nothing.

Might as well make the regular season 9 games with a conference title game and make it top 32 teams. Then the most games the champion and runner up can play is 16.

 

[305407cane]

The lack of a possible Cinderella story in football is a talking point. I just feel like if a cincy meets a bama after weeks of advanced scouting they’d get boatraced

 

[canetomm]

I am a proponent of an 8 team playoff personally - 16 seems like too much. Power 5 champs + 3 at large and you can use the New Year’s 6 bowls to fit it nicely.

If ever there was a year to test it...whether 8 or 16...this would have been it, though. With no cross conference competition to gauge where teams / conferences are against one another it would have been ideal. But the NCAA of course is gutless.

I have no hope that it will ever change.

Exactly. 5 conference champs and 3 at large. Gives the Cinci's, USF's, BYU's a chance and 2nd place teams from SEC and ACC...a potential spot. Done

 

[88]

The beauty of college is football is unlike any other sport the first week of the regular season matters almost as much as any other game. You cant really lose 2 games. Nfl regular season can’t match that intensity because there’s a larger playoff.

This playoff would be 4 weeks.

Why trade 10+ weeks of intensity for four? Any team left outside of the four team playoff most likely isn’t the best team in the nation anyway.

Also the further you expand a single elimination system the more fluky things become.

We’d know almost all the teams that would make a 16 team playoff, why turn the attitude in the regular season to “doesn’t matter until the playoffs”? Americans are just playoff junkies when It doesn’t necessarily make things more exciting or fair

 

[TriStarCane]

There is no parody in CFB right now. If fans stop feeling like they have a chance, they stop watching. I think expanding the playoffs will be a must otherwise you risk losing a lot of fan bases. If you make each P5 conference have an auto bid, top G5 school, 2 at large bids that can still make your season relevant because the best way to get in is to win your conference. Then there are 2 good schools that can still get in and it allows the G5 winner to get in and have a chance. I like it

 

[rch]

Exactly. 5 conference champs and 3 at large. Gives the Cinci's, USF's, BYU's a chance and 2nd place teams from SEC and ACC...a potential spot. Done

I would go one more step, power 5 winners, one spot for highest rank group of five, and two at large with no conference having more than
two teams. Therefore at best, only two teams tops from the favoritism show to the SEC.