CFP format proposal - open discussion and all opinions welcomed

Well folks, after the CFP first round that we just witnessed, there are those who want to blow this whole thing up and start over. Some prefer taking the best teams, period. Some, like me, believe winning your conference title should count for something. What I propose is a combination of both viewpoints. For instance, my top four seeds would include any conference champion ranked in the top five by the committee. In this case it would be 1-OREGON, 2- GEORGIA, 3-Texas and 4-Penn St. (Conference champs in CAPS). Seeds five through eight would include any conference champ ranked in the top ten. That would be 5-Notre Dame, 6-Ohio St., 7-BOISE ST. and 8-Tennessee (I would flip Boise and Tennessee to avoid a Vols matchup with conference rival Georgia in the second round. Teams in the same conference wouldn't meet until the semifinals under this proposal.) Seeds nine through 12 would include any conference champion ranked in the top 15, so we'd have 9-Indiana, 10-Smu, 11-Alabama and 12-ARIZONA ST. 11 of the 12 teams that made it to this year's CFP would still be in. Alabama would replace Clemson. NOW, if the playoffs expanded to 16 teams, seeds 13 through 16 would include any conference champion ranked in the top 20. So we'd have 13-Ole Miss, 14-Miami FL, 15-CLEMSON and 16-South Carolina. Then if you really wanna get crazy and adopt the 24 team FCS model, where the top eight seeds get the first round bye, AND all nine conferences are represented, seeds 17 through 20 would include any conference champ ranked in the top 25. That would be 17-Byu, 18-Iowa St., 19-Illinois and 20-ARMY. Rounding out the bracket would be 21-Missouri, 22-MARSHALL, 23-OHIO U and 24-JACKSONVILLE ST.  Higher seeds would host the first two rounds. Let's face it, with the transfer portal the bowl system is broken. Thoughts?

12 team bracket is fine.

Programs/Fans need to stop complaining. Win your games.

I can make a argument for getting ride of conference championship games all together.  take the top 16 in the  coaches poll and no first round byes, and 1 plays 16 2 plays 15 and so forth.   This year tuned out to be a mess with Clemson leap frogging from i think #17 to the playoffs and taking a higher seed out. i think in the next few years it will iron it self out. 

should be top 4 only. rest didn't do enough in reg season. team like ore 12-0 getting totally fckd.

appreciate all that thinking and input. 

I say leave it alone. 12 team playoffs a good start. Just WIN your games!  

Keep it the same for now. Far too small of a sample size to blow it all up. I have a feeling next year and the years going forward we'll get more competitive games.

take top 16 and go from there  no conference championship games

Regardless of what they decide. Top 2 teams, Top 4, Top 12, 16, Top 68, there will be complaining. 

Everyone is complaining about this past weekend. Good news! The top 8 teams are left which means we are going to have great Quarterfinals, Semi-finals, and a great Championship matchup.

Anyone who complains about that is hopeless.

I'd at least like to see all CFP games played at a neutral site.

Logistical nightmare.

heres the problem everybody knows sec best league so when alabama losses 3 games and doesnt make it because smu deserves to go ask yourself this if they played who would you take. I bet most people would take alabama.You can lose 3 games and still be better than a team that losses 1 or 2. SOS matters see Indiana every tough game they struggled. We have this debate every march for ncaa tournament. No doubt sec best bball league and im nc fan but when they get to the conference play somebody has to lose ex missouri played great beat kansas  they have 2 losses when they get sec if they go 7-11 and end up with 13 0r 14 losses people will say they dont belong in ncaa tournament in reality once they get in sec someone has to lose. Just trying make example compared ncaa football. We will always have this debate nobody truly believes that boise st and arizona st are the 2nd and 4th best teams in country if they were they wouldnt be dd dogs. I would have all games neutral field or if you really believe that the top 4 teams are the best then they deserve homefield make the so called lesser teams earn the right to move on. Lets face it all 4 games last wkend were terrible!!!

Conference championships should matter. Like basketball, Conference champs of Power 4 make the field. Other Conference champs, if any, in top 20 make the field. Rest of field is picked at large by the committee. Once field of 12 determined, committee seeds them. Lower seed gets home field except all conferenve champions play at home, even if they are the higher seed. If game involved 2 conference champions, lower seed gets home game. Only semis and finals at predetermined neutral sites. Semis and finals play 50 yard OT, with 7 minute time limit to score. 

Teams get alternating possessions at 50 and 7 minutes to score. Repeat if necessary until a winner.

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 Yeah, the SEC looked real good getting absolutely hammered by the 4th place Big 10 team. ????

Well it can only go up from here. Opening round was 4 of the worst games imaginable. 

They should have just expanded to 6 teams....top 2 get a 1st round bye....easy enough and gets the 6 top teams in withba chance.