Subject: Evaluation of a playoff system for the BCS?

Question

1. Approximately how many college football games do you currently attend per season?

 0
 1 - 3
 4 - 6
 7+

2. Do you regularly attend bowl games?
 Yes – I attend a bowl game in my area
 Yes – I follow my favorite to their bowl game
 No
3. Would you attend a playoff game if it was within 150 miles?
 Yes  No
4. Would you attend a playoff game if it was further than 150 miles?
 Yes  No
5. How many teams would be good for the playoff system?

 4
 8
 12
 16

6. Would you prefer a playoff system to the current BCS system of selecting a national champion?
 Yes  No

Please respond to the following statements:
7. The current BCS system is fair to all teams

 Strongly Agree
 Somewhat Agree
 Neutral
 Somewhat Disagree
 Strongly Disagree

8. The current BCS system has been effective at providing a match-up between the two best teams in the country

 Strongly Agree
 Somewhat Agree
 Neutral
 Somewhat Disagree
 Strongly Disagree

9. The current human polls (AP, Coaches, Harris) do a good job of ranking the top 25 football teams

 Strongly Agree
 Somewhat Agree
 Neutral
 Somewhat Disagree
 Strongly Disagree

10. To be eligible to participate in the national championship game or playoff system, a team should be required to win their conference

 Strongly Agree
 Somewhat Agree
 Neutral
 Somewhat Disagree
 Strongly Disagree

Answer 1

1. 0
2. No, TV
3. Im in HS, too costy
4. No
5. 16
6. Yes
7. Disagree
8. Disagree, record doesnt always mean ur the best
9. Agree
10. Neutral, some divisons may have multiple great teams that would be eligible for the playoffs


We need a playoff though to see who honestly deserves a championship game oppurtunity, NFL u can lose games and still win the Superbowl, in college if u lose 2 games u can say ur out, but what if u loss to the #1 team and #2 team at the time? BCS can be unfair at times

Answer 2

1. Approximately how many college football games do you currently attend per season?
 1 - 3

2. Do you regularly attend bowl games?
 No

3. Would you attend a playoff game if it was within 150 miles?
 Yes

4. Would you attend a playoff game if it was further than 150 miles?
 No

5. How many teams would be good for the playoff system?
 4

6. Would you prefer a playoff system to the current BCS system of selecting a national champion?
 No

Please respond to the following statements:
7. The current BCS system is fair to all teams
 Neutral

8. The current BCS system has been effective at providing a match-up between the two best teams in the country
 Somewhat Agree

9. The current human polls (AP, Coaches, Harris) do a good job of ranking the top 25 football teams
 Strongly Agree

10. To be eligible to participate in the national championship game or playoff system, a team should be required to win their conference
 Somewhat Agree

Answer 3

1. 0. i do watch a little once in a while on tv though.
2. NO. i follow my team and that's it. many of the bowl games are so useless i could careless.
3. heck yeah. playoffs are awesome. its do or die that day!
4. idk. that's cutting it. maybe.
5. it can't be too many as it would be overwhelming to the school's schedule, but it shouldn't be too small either cause that won't solve much. i would have to go with 8. perhaps maybe a 6 team playoff might work out too.
6. yes i guess. i mean, i would use the end of season rankings to determine the top 8 teams and those 8 teams would be in playoff. the remaining 25 teams can have their own bowl game.
7. Strongly disagree. a lot of times your team can go undefeated and they still wouldn't have a shot at the national championship. some teams have such a difficult schedule that nobody truly knows how good they are.
8. Somewhat Disagree. look at last season. OSU vs Florida was a blowout. national championships should never ever be a blowout. notre dame was killed by usc. Boise St was said to be overrated and had an easy schedule, yet they beat Okahoma, probably Oklahoma's best team in a long time!
9. Neutral. sometimes they are on, sometimes they are off.
10. Strongly Agree. your conference championship should be the first priority.

Answer 4

1. I attend 6 to 7 games per year.
2. I usually follow my favorite team to a bowl game.
3. I would attend a playoff game within 150 miles if my favorite team was playing.
4. I would attend a playoff game more than 150 miles if my favorite team was playing.
5. Including bowl games, a 4 team system would work.
6. Yes, I would prefer a playoff system. I don't care for the BCS system.
7. Somewhat disagree that the BCS system is fair.
8. Somewhat disagree that the BCS has been effective at providing the top matchup.
9. Neutral. The human polls don't take everything into consideration.
10. I strongly agree that only conference winners should play in the BCS championship game.

Answer 5

I don't think there is much doubt from anyone that college football would be better off with some sort of playoff system. All in all, I think the BCS rankings are just fine. There are the human polls and the non-biased computer rankings. Take whatever seeds you have at the end of the year and have the top eight or sixteen play in a playoff. Personally, as exciting as a 16 team playoff is in the NFL, I think an 8 team playoff would be best in college football.

Answer 6

1. 0
2. No
3. No
4. No
5. 8
6. Yes
7. Somewhat Disagree
8. Somewhat Agree
9. Somewhat Agree
10. Somewhat Disagree

Answer 7

1. 1
2. No
3. Yes
4. No
5. 4
6. No season already too long and once January takes hold I want to move on to college basketball
7. Neutral
8. Somewhat agree
9. Somewhat agree
10. Strongly agree

Answer 8

You don't have enough answers to have anything statistically worthwhile. We should have an 8 team playoff, which would only result in 3 additional games for the two teams in the championship. They could all be played during Christmas break, so it would not interfere with school, even if that was a consideration.

Answer 9

1. 1-3
2. Yes – I follow my favorite to their bowl game
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. 8
6. Yes
7. Somewhat Disagree
8. Somewhat Disagree
9. Somewhat Disagree
10. Somewhat Agree

Answer 10

1. 0(i would if i could)

2. no(again, would if i could)

3. yes, if i could

4. no

5. 4

6. yes

7. somewhat disagree

8. strongly disagree

9. somewhat disagree

10. strongly agree