{"id":2287,"date":"2012-05-11T10:54:16","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T15:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gridironstuds.com\/blog\/?p=2287"},"modified":"2014-11-04T20:47:23","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T01:47:23","slug":"the-best-college-football-playoff-system-ever-designed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/the-best-college-football-playoff-system-ever-designed\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best College Football Playoff System Ever Designed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"This article is part II to an article I wrote a year ago about the most sensible way to align the teams in Division I college football to allow for a workable format for a playoff system.<\/p>\n

In this article, \u00a0not only do I show you the way the conference can be broken up with regional sense but I also walk you through how the conference championship games would look, \u00a0how the playoff brackets would be set and how the bowl games can still be played in conjunction with this system. \u00a0In addition, \u00a0I lay out the dates that each event could take place and show how it can all be worked into the same amount of time that is currently being allotted for the current BCS system.<\/p>\n

Just as a reference point, \u00a0I am posting my suggestion for conference alignments once again as I will need to point back to it in explaining the other aspects of the plan. \u00a0You will notice that the alignments have a regional feel and quality to it. \u00a0You will also notice that I do not lump all the mid-tier teams into a conference together. \u00a0The mid-tier teams are mixed in amongst others. \u00a0Those programs’ desires to obtain a championship will promote parity.<\/p>\n

Each team each year would play every team in their division once and then matchup against a division from another conference for their remaining games. \u00a0For example. \u00a0In 2011 the Southern Conference East Division would play all the teams from Southwest Conference West Division for their non-conference games. \u00a0This would be rotated each year and no conference division would play the other division within their own conference. \u00a0So, in no given year would the Eastern Division of the Southern Conference play the teams in the Western Division Southern Conference for their non-divisional games.<\/p>\n

Your overall record would be used to determine division winners with record within the division to be used as tiebreakers.<\/p>\n

In this plan, \u00a0every team plays 11 regular season games.<\/p>\n

Conference Alignments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
East Region<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nWest Region<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Southern Conference<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nSouthwest Conference<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Miami<\/td>\nAlabama<\/td>\n<\/td>\nLSU<\/td>\nTex A&M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FSU<\/td>\nFlorida<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTCU<\/td>\nTexas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Georgia Tech<\/td>\nGeorgia<\/td>\n<\/td>\nBaylor<\/td>\nHouston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FAU<\/td>\nUSF<\/td>\n<\/td>\nLouisiana Tech<\/td>\nSMU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UCF<\/td>\nTroy St.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nRice<\/td>\nN. Texas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FIU<\/td>\nUAB<\/td>\n<\/td>\nULL<\/td>\nArkansas St.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Southeast Conference<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nMid-American Conference<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Auburn<\/td>\nSouth Carolina<\/td>\n<\/td>\nIowa<\/td>\nPittsburgh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tennessee<\/td>\nClemson<\/td>\n<\/td>\nPurdue<\/td>\nIllinois<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Miss. St.<\/td>\nOle Miss.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNotre Dame<\/td>\nMissouri<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memphis<\/td>\nVanderbilt<\/td>\n<\/td>\nIowa St.<\/td>\nIndiana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S. Miss.<\/td>\nTulane<\/td>\n<\/td>\nBall St.<\/td>\nMiami Ohio<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mid. Ten. St.<\/td>\nLou. Monroe<\/td>\n<\/td>\nBowling Green<\/td>\nMarshall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northeastern Conference<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nMidwestern Conference<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Penn St.<\/td>\nOhio St.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nOklahoma<\/td>\nNebraska<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boston College<\/td>\nU.Conn<\/td>\n<\/td>\nOklahoma St.<\/td>\nArkansas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Syracuse<\/td>\nCincinnati<\/td>\n<\/td>\nColorado<\/td>\nKansas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Navy<\/td>\nRutgers<\/td>\n<\/td>\nColorado St.<\/td>\nKansas St.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Army<\/td>\nTemple<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTulsa<\/td>\nWyoming<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Buffalo<\/td>\nKent. St.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nAir Force<\/td>\nIdaho<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mideastern Conference<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nMountain West Conference<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Virginia Tech<\/td>\nNorth Carolina<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTexas Tech<\/td>\nBoise St.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Virginia<\/td>\nWake Forest<\/td>\n<\/td>\nArizona<\/td>\nBYU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Virginia<\/td>\nNC State<\/td>\n<\/td>\nArizona St.<\/td>\nUtah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Louisville<\/td>\nMaryland<\/td>\n<\/td>\nUNLV<\/td>\nNevada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kentucky<\/td>\nEast Carolina<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNew Mexico<\/td>\nUtah St.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W. Kentucky<\/td>\nDuke<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNew Mexico St.<\/td>\nUtep<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northern Lakes Conference<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nWestern Conference<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wiconsin<\/td>\nMichigan<\/td>\n<\/td>\nOregon<\/td>\nCalifornia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Minnesota<\/td>\nMichigan St.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nOregon St.<\/td>\nStanford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Toledo<\/td>\nNorthwestern<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWashington<\/td>\nUSC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W. Michigan<\/td>\nEastern Michigan<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWashington St.<\/td>\nUCLA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C. Michigan<\/td>\nN. Illinois<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSan Jose St.<\/td>\nHawaii<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Akron<\/td>\nOhio<\/td>\n<\/td>\nFresno St.<\/td>\nSan Diego St.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Below I have used the strength and records of the teams during the 2011 season to construct a hypothetical set of conference championship games to demonstrate how the system would work. \u00a0Every conference would have a championship game pitting the teams with the best records from each division against each other. \u00a0 See what that would look like below.<\/p>\n

Conference Championship Games<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nConference Championship Games<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEast Region<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWinner<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
N23<\/td>\nSouthern Conference<\/td>\nFlorida St.<\/td>\nAlabama<\/td>\n<\/td>\nAlabama<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
N23<\/td>\nSoutheast Conference<\/td>\nAuburn<\/td>\nSouth Carolina<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSouth carolina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
N24<\/td>\nNortheastern Conference<\/td>\nPenn St.<\/td>\nOhio St.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nPenn St.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
N24<\/td>\nMideastern Conference<\/td>\nVirginia Tech<\/td>\nNC State<\/td>\n<\/td>\nVirginia Tech<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
N24<\/td>\nNorthern Lakes Conference<\/td>\nWisconsin<\/td>\nMichigan<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWisconsin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWest Region<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
N23<\/td>\nSouthwest Conference<\/td>\nLSU<\/td>\nTexas<\/td>\n<\/td>\nLSU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
N23<\/td>\nMid-American Conference<\/td>\nNotre Dame<\/td>\nMissouri<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNotre Dame<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
N24<\/td>\nMidwestern Conference<\/td>\nOklahoma St.<\/td>\nArkansas<\/td>\n<\/td>\nOklahoma St.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
N24<\/td>\nMountain West Conerence<\/td>\nArizona St.<\/td>\nBoise St.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nBoise St.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
N24<\/td>\nWestern Conference<\/td>\nOregon<\/td>\nStanford<\/td>\n<\/td>\nOregon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Now that we know who are playoff teams are after the conference championships, \u00a0we can now begin filling our bowl games with their match ups. \u00a0In my system, \u00a0bowl match ups are predetermined by the place in which teams finished within their respective conferences. \u00a0So, \u00a0for instance, the Humanitarian Bowl each year would host the Southern Conference East Division 3rd place finisher against the Southwest Conference East Division 3rd place finisher. \u00a0Under the heading “Conference Matchup” you will see abbreviations. \u00a0This was done to preserve space. \u00a0However, \u00a0the abbreviations are for the conferences with divisions and the numbers stand for the place in which team finished. \u00a0So SECE-2 would stand for Southeast Conference East Division 2nd place finisher. \u00a0Moving further down the bowl list NECrun would stand for the Northeast Conference runner-up which would be the team that lost the conference championship game. \u00a0 In the bigger bowl games like the Cotton Bowl for example, \u00a0you see ERDL1 v. WRDL1. \u00a0 This provides for losers of the playoff games to play in bowl games. \u00a0So ERDL1 would mean East Region Round 1 loser v. WRDL1 West Region round 1 loser.<\/p>\n

Bowl Game Matchups<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n\u00a0date<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Bowl Games<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Conference Matchup<\/strong><\/td>\nHypothetical 2011 matchups<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nD11<\/td>\nHumanitarian<\/td>\nSCE-3 v. SWCE-3<\/td>\nMiami<\/td>\nTCU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nD11<\/td>\nNew Orleans<\/td>\nSCW-3 v. SWCW-3<\/td>\nFlorida<\/td>\nTexas A&M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nD11<\/td>\nSt. Petersburg<\/td>\nSECE-3 v. MACE-3<\/td>\nMississippi St.<\/td>\nPurdue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nD12<\/td>\nLas Vegas<\/td>\nSECW-3 v. MACW-3<\/td>\nVanderbilt<\/td>\nPittsburgh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nD12<\/td>\nPoinsettia Bowl<\/td>\nNECE-3 v. MWCE-3<\/td>\nSyracuse<\/td>\nTulsa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nD13<\/td>\nHawaii Bowl<\/td>\nNECW-3 v. MWCW-3<\/td>\nRutgers<\/td>\nNebraska<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nD13<\/td>\nLittle Caesars Bowl<\/td>\nMECE-3 v. MWCE-3<\/td>\nVirginia<\/td>\nArizona<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nD13<\/td>\nIndependence Bowl<\/td>\nMECW-3 v. MWCW-3<\/td>\nWake Forest<\/td>\nUtah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nD14<\/td>\nChamps Sports<\/td>\nNLCE-3 v. WCE-3<\/td>\nWestern Michigan<\/td>\nWashington St.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nD14<\/td>\nInsight<\/td>\nNLCW-3 v. WCW-3<\/td>\nN. Illinois<\/td>\nCalifornia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nD18<\/td>\nMilitary Bowl<\/td>\nSCE-2 v. SWCE-2<\/td>\nGeorgia Tech<\/td>\nBaylor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nD18<\/td>\nTexas Bowl<\/td>\nSCW-2 v. SWCW-2<\/td>\nGeorgia<\/td>\nHouston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nD18<\/td>\nAlamo Bowl<\/td>\nSECE-2 v. MACE-2<\/td>\nSouthern Miss.<\/td>\nIowa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nD19<\/td>\nArmed Forces Bowl<\/td>\nSECW-2 v. MACW-2<\/td>\nClemson<\/td>\nIllinois<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nD19<\/td>\nMusic City Bowl<\/td>\nNECE-2 v. MWCE-2<\/td>\nBoston College<\/td>\nOklahoma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nD20<\/td>\nHoliday Bowl<\/td>\nNECW-2 v. MWCW-2<\/td>\nCincinnati<\/td>\nKansas St.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nD20<\/td>\nCar Care Bowl<\/td>\nMECE-2 v. MWCE-2<\/td>\nWest Virginia<\/td>\nTexas Tech<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nD20<\/td>\nSun Bowl<\/td>\nMECW-2 v. MWCW-2<\/td>\nNorth Carolina<\/td>\nBYU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nD21<\/td>\nLiberty Bowl<\/td>\nNLCE-2 v. WCE-2<\/td>\nToledo<\/td>\nWashington<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nD21<\/td>\nChick-fil-A Bowl<\/td>\nNLCW-2 v. WCW-2<\/td>\nMichigan St.<\/td>\nUSC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nD27<\/td>\nOutback Bowl<\/td>\nSECrun v. MACrun<\/td>\nFlorida St.<\/td>\nTexas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\nD28<\/td>\nCapital One Bowl<\/td>\nNECrun v. MWCrun<\/td>\nOhio St.<\/td>\nMissouri<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\nD29<\/td>\nGator Bowl<\/td>\nMECrun v. MtWCrun<\/td>\nNC State<\/td>\nArizona St.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nJ1<\/td>\nCompass Bowl<\/td>\nERD1L v. WRD1L<\/td>\nPenn St.<\/td>\nNotre Dame<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\nJ1<\/td>\nCotton Bowl<\/td>\nERDL1 v. WRD1L<\/td>\nMichigan<\/td>\nStanford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\nJ1<\/td>\nRose Bowl<\/td>\nERD1L v. WRD1L<\/td>\nAuburn<\/td>\nArkansas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nJ2<\/td>\nFiesta Bowl<\/td>\nERD2L v. WRD2L<\/td>\nSouth Carolina<\/td>\nBoise St.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\nJ3<\/td>\nOrange Bowl<\/td>\nERD2L v. WRD2L<\/td>\nVirginia Tech<\/td>\nOregon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\nJ4<\/td>\nSugar Bowl<\/td>\nERD3L v. WRD3L<\/td>\nWisconsin<\/td>\nOklahoma St.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\nJ8<\/td>\nNational Championship<\/td>\nERD3W v. WRD3W<\/td>\nAlabama<\/td>\nLSU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Now that we have that out of the way, \u00a0we can take a look at what the playoff brackets look like. \u00a0In this proposed system you have a 14 team playoff. You get your Top 10 teams from the conference championship games and you also get two wildcard teams from the East Region along with two wildcard teams from the West Region. \u00a0You select those wildcard teams as the two highest ranked teams in East Region that lost their championship games. \u00a0If you end up with situation where you don’t have ranked conference losers than you set up some parameters for selection and tiebreaker to take the two next best teams from each region that weren’t champions. \u00a0The majority of the time you will end up with ranked teams that lost championship games.<\/p>\n

The highest ranked team in the East Region and the West Region would get first round byes while everyone else would play week one. \u00a0From there you carry through the normal course of a bracket playoff system and illustrated below. \u00a0The notations at the top with a letter and number stand for the date in which the games would take place. \u00a0So D15 stands for Dccember 15th.<\/p>\n

Playoff Brackets<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Playoff Brackets<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
D8<\/strong><\/td>\nD15<\/strong><\/td>\nD22<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nJ8<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Round 1<\/strong><\/td>\nRound 2<\/strong><\/td>\nRound 3<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nChampionship<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
East Region<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alabama<\/td>\nAlabama<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bye<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\nAlabama<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Carolina<\/td>\nSouth Carolina<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Penn St.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nAlabama<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michigan *<\/td>\nVirginia Tech<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Virginia Tech<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWisconsin<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Auburn *<\/td>\nWisconsin<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wisconsin<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Region<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LSU<\/td>\nLSU<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bye<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\nLSU<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Notre Dame<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boise St.<\/td>\nBoise St.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nLSU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stanford I<\/td>\nOklahoma St.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oklahoma St.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\nOklahoma St.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arkansas *<\/td>\nOregon<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oregon<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In the end, \u00a0each team plays 11 regular season games. \u00a0The two teams that play in the championship game would have either played 14 or 15 games at the end of the season. \u00a0You have teams now playing 13 and 14 games in a season. \u00a0So there’s no extra wear and tear to worry about.<\/p>\n

I will continue to expand on this as questions and comments are received about the workings of this system. \u00a0This system makes the most sense to me. \u00a0By all means, share your thoughts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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