Quote:But by your argument nothing can determine the best team. I think all you can do is find the fairest system and to me, 8 teams would allow all conference champions from the big 5 and 3 at large bids. It would still make the regular season meaningful as getting or being conference champion is hugely important and would allow other deserving teams to get in. We are on our way to 8, just a matter of time.

 

Well the only real way to determine the best team is to look over a large body of work.  Because over time, injuries, matchups, statistical anomalies, etc... all balance themselves out.  

 

I've just heard a lot of people complaining today about Ohio St and I just think they are going to have to get used to this.  I agree with them in the sense that all year long nobody thought of Ohio St as one of the best teams, let alone the best.  They lost early to an average team at home, fell in the rankings, and then slowly worked their way up as those ahead of them faltered.  But didnt always looks good doing it as they struggled against a few average to poor teams.  I think the majority of people out there were assuming they'd lose along the way... just as they assumed that for FSU.  But this is the new reality of college football... especially when they expand the playoff to 8 teams. Just like the NFL routinely has low seeded teams win it all, you will absolutely see some slightly above average 3 or 4 loss team win a bad division, get hot at the right time, win their conference title game and then make a run through the playoffs.  For better or for worse, that will be the new reality of college football and folks who dont like it will just have to get used to it.

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