The number should be 6 if they want to expand it.

The number should be 6 if they want to expand it.
by cujays96 (2018-12-13 12:11:14)

In reply to: Report that some power brokers now want 8-team playoff. posted by gordonbombay

If we expand to 6, people will complain about team #7. If it moves to 8, people will complain about team #9. The notion of any 2 loss team getting a shot irritates me. And that will happen with an 8 team playoff. You'd put the number 8 team with a puncher's chance of beating #1 and then the college football world is on fire.

With a six team playoff, the 1 and 2 teams would automatically move to the second round and be pitted against the lowest seed possible:

- Round 1 played 2 weeks after the regular season ends:
- # 1 and #2: OFF
- # 3 plays #6, #4 plays #5 - These games would be home games for the higher seed.

- Round 2 played after Christmas at neutral sites:
- # 1 vs Lowest remaining seed, #2 vs The remaining seed.

- Championship - 2 weeks after Round 2:

It's unlikely in this scenario that a power 5 conference champion will be left out, unless they have 2 losses. ND will always have a chance especially if they are undefeated. Some team like UCF could make it in as well. This would also be predicated on the elimination of conference championship games. Emphasis would be put back on the regular season and strength of schedule should be heavily considered. Any scheduling of FCS teams should earn you extra demerits.

If you hate 2-loss teams, moving to 6 teams isn't for you

This year, Georgia would be in as #5 (11-2).

Last year, Ohio State would have been in as #5 (11-2).

In 2016, it would have been Penn State as #5 (11-2).

In 2015, Stanford would have been #6 (11-2).

2014 would have included Baylor at #5 & TCU at #6 (both 11-1), so a two-loss team wouldn't have been an issue.

Still, a two-loss team would have made the field in 4 of 5 seasons, and I assume things won't change dramatically in the years to come.

We do have to fix how the rankings are done.

People need to less involved.

Further, in my scenario, Georgia would have only lost 1 game. And any two loss team that would have made it would at least have a more difficult path than the #1 and #2 team. Under an 8 team format, difficulty of games aside, the path to the championship is the same.