If and how would you restructure the BCS football playoffs.?

Answer 1

Simple there are 12 Division 1A Conferences , Every team that wins their conference is in the playoff , so basically it would be a 12 team bracket , Then pick a neutral site possibly one site on the east coast and one on the west coast have 6 teams at each location play three games on Saturday , then three games on Sunday , then have one more location for the winners of those games the following week until you are down too the last two teams , then play a National Championship ! I am sure their might be an easier way to do this but this is what pops into my head at the spur of the moment .

Answer 2

Popular Question..............What I would do is take the Winner of the following conferences. ACC, SEC, Big Ten, Big Twelve, PAC 10...................That would give 5 automatic births.............I would also include three additional births which would be decided by the BCS ranking. What I mean is, I would take the three highest ranked BCS teams that were not a conference winner. This would now create a playoff bracket of 1 through 8, their seeding would be determined by their final BCS rankings.

As for the complaint of eliminating BCS bowl game sponsors and losing a ton of money for the colleges involved. Easy Fix. With a playoff of 8 teams, this would mean a total of 7 games. Each game of the playoff could still take on the name of a bowl, example, the Fed Ex Orange Bowl Final Four Game. The Tostitos Bowl National Championship game. Ownership of the bowls would be taken in the start of the year with a bidding process. If you want the national championship game, show me the money. To me this is a great solution to elimating great teams without the chance of playing for all the marbles, AKA Michigan. There are complaints and arguments that are valid but in the end, it still isn't right. If the NFL did a BCS Pittsburgh might not have been one of the teams selected last year and look what that #6 seed wild card team did.............Win the superbowl.............

Answer 3

You would have to take the top 8 BCS teams first. Then each of those four games would be hosted by a BCS bowl (Sugar, Rose, Fiesta, and Orange). This would have to happen because these bowls make to much money, and money is pretty much the factor that drives everything in college football. Then they would have to add two 3 extra games to complete the tournament, which would probably be help at the same sites as the other BCS bowl, like they are doing with the championship game this year.

Answer 4

Take the top 32 teams. Put 1-8 in one bracket, 9-16 in another bracket, 17-24 in another, and 25-32 in another.

What would happen is, the 1-8 bracket would play out in the "Rose Bowl Series". The 9-16 would play out in the "Sugar Bowl Series". The 17-24 would play out in the "Orange Bowl Series". The 25-32 would play out in the "Fiesta Bowl Series".

So, in 2007 (for example) the national championship would be determined in the "Rose Bowl Series". In 2008, it could be determine in the "Sugar Bowl Series". And it could rotate around so that each Series gets the national championship game every four years, just like it is now.

And each game within each Series would be a bowl game. For example, the #1 vs. #8 game would be played in the Independence Bowl. The #9 vs. #16 game could be played in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, etc.

I think this system is much more likely than a traditional playoff system. But then again, I don't expect this system to ever be implemented. Just an idea.

Answer 5

1. Using the SEC and Big-12 as the model, reorganize Division IA into 8 conferences of 12 teams each.

2. That equals 96 teams. Fine. No independents. Demote excess weak teams into I-AA.

3. Each conference is split into 2 divisions, and there is a conf. championship game -- as now happens in the SEC & Big-12.

4. Only those 8 conf. champs enter the playoffs, for a three week event: 4 games > 2 games > Championship game.

5. Since it is won on the field, NO ONE can complain anymore. If you can't be a conference divisional champ, you got no claim to glory.

Answer 6

Same BCS ranking systems but top 8 at the end of the season have a play off.

Answer 7

Could possibly take D1 Conference Champs only and format a tourney with the bowls involved as hosts. Use the minor bowls for preliminary rounds and the BCS bowls for quarters or semis.

Answer 8

It's not too bad as it is, but if I changed it; I'd have No. 1 play No. 4, and No. 2 play No.3 around Jan. 1. The winners would play for the championship. It would only add one game to the season.

Answer 9

Cut out conference championship games and have play off games similar to the small college play offs. You could have the play offs in the bowl games.

Answer 10

Use playoff system used by the other divisions or use my rough system:

#1-10 teams eligible (Top 10)



#10

VS.

#9


#8

VS.

#7


#6

VS.

#5


#4

VS.

#3


#2

VS.

#1

(Have Bottom five on one side and top five on the other and set it up like the NCAA Basketball brakets)