- Dec 5, 2015
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Organize the 128 teams into two tiers. Only the upper tier gets to compete for the national championship.
Within the upper tier, organize the 64 teams into 4 conferences of 16 teams each. Let each conference crown a champion like the SEC does today (with two divisions in each conference, which play mandatory games among each other). Each conference champion gets an invitation to a 4-team playoff system like we have now. All games are played within the team's tier, even the non-conference ones. Tie breakers will have to be defined in case they are needed to determine who plays in each conference championship game. The lower tiers can crown their own conference champions also. See below.
Each year, the lower tier conference champions will move up to the upper tier. Similarly, the worst 4 teams from the upper tier move down to the lower tier (decided by some type of poll or by computer). It would be a source of pride to say that your team is in the top tier.
Teams from each tier can play their own bowl games within teams from their tier. So the lower tier would have a few bowl games, and the upper tier will have (perhaps more) bowl games (the ones that do not make the playoff).
This would mean that all games will be more competitive than they are now, and also allow for a fair way to determine a national champion (and keep the bowl games, which make a lot of money).
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Within the upper tier, organize the 64 teams into 4 conferences of 16 teams each. Let each conference crown a champion like the SEC does today (with two divisions in each conference, which play mandatory games among each other). Each conference champion gets an invitation to a 4-team playoff system like we have now. All games are played within the team's tier, even the non-conference ones. Tie breakers will have to be defined in case they are needed to determine who plays in each conference championship game. The lower tiers can crown their own conference champions also. See below.
Each year, the lower tier conference champions will move up to the upper tier. Similarly, the worst 4 teams from the upper tier move down to the lower tier (decided by some type of poll or by computer). It would be a source of pride to say that your team is in the top tier.
Teams from each tier can play their own bowl games within teams from their tier. So the lower tier would have a few bowl games, and the upper tier will have (perhaps more) bowl games (the ones that do not make the playoff).
This would mean that all games will be more competitive than they are now, and also allow for a fair way to determine a national champion (and keep the bowl games, which make a lot of money).
Discuss...