My Idea

I was never in favor of a playoff system on college football. I felt like 12 weeks determined a lot as it was, but then earlier today I did some thinking and realized there may be an alternative so here it goes:

-Eliminate the ACC, Big 12 and SEC Championships.

-The Big 12, Big 10, ACC, Big East, Pac-10 and SEC would all receive two bids. In those conferences divided into divisions, the top team from each division would earn the bid. In conferences without divisions it would be the top-two teams in the conference, because essentially those teams with conference championships still give teams with a lesser record a shot at an automatic bid to a BCS Bowl.

-There would be four at-large bids. The at-large bids would be determined by a BCS-like system and would be the top four teams not receiving an automatic bid.

-I am using this week’s BCS rankings for the example.

-Seeding would be determined by conference affiliation. The stronger the conference, the better the seed for the team; this would push strong non-conference scheduling with the incentive that as a whole the conference would earn their teams better seeds.

-It’s tough to sell that Florida State should be a higher seed than Alabama, but it would all come out in the wash.
-Conference seeding this season via the Sagarin ratings:
1. Big 12
2. ACC
3. SEC
4. Big 10
5. Big East
6. Pac-10

Now for the overall seedings:

Big 12 (1): Texas Tech
ACC (1): Florida State
SEC (1): Alabama
Big 10 (1): Penn State
Big East (1) Pitt
Pac 10 (1): USC
At-Large (1) Texas
At-Large (2) Oklahoma
At-Large (3) Utah
At-Large (4) Boise State
Big 12 (2) Missouri
ACC (2) North Carolina
SEC (2) Florida
Big 10 (2) Ohio State
Big East (2) Cincinnati
Pac-10 (2) Oregon State

Overall Bracket below:

1) Texas Tech
16) Oregon State

8)Oklahoma
9) Utah

5) Pitt
12) North Carolina

4) Penn State
13) Florida

6) USC
11) Missouri

3) Alabama
14) Ohio State

7) Texas
10) Boise State

2) Florida State
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