Quote:So, before the rankings come out, here is how the 8 team format I mentioned previously would look:


Rose Bowl (Big Ten champ vs Pac 12 champ)

Ohio St. vs Oregon

Fiesta Bowl (Pac 12 champ vs At-large #1)

TCU vs Mississippi St.

Sugar Bowl (SEC champ vs At large #2)

Alabama. vs Baylor

Orange Bowl

Florida St. vs Ole Miss or other (ACC champ vs At large #3)

I see where you're getting at. But,, where is the Big 12 champ figure into this? Are they relegated to an At-Large bid even though they win a good conference (Big 12 is every bit as good as Big 10/ Pac 12/ ACC). It could be debated that Big 12 is better than all 3 of those conferences.


Oh never mind that. I see that your Fiesta Bowl would be BIG 12 champ. You just have it mislabeled as Pac 12.


Anyway,, I really like the idea of having 3 At-Large teams in the playoff. It gives teams from smaller conferences that may have a stellar year (Boise St,, UCF,, TCU prior to their BIG 12 joining,, etc..).


At-Large places most likely would go to teams from the Big conferences. But it leaves the door open for really good teams of smaller ones. Those teams have shown that they belong due to their bowl games (UCF, BOISE, TCU all won bowl games against power conference teams).

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