Re: 4 Team College Football Playoff

[Houstoncat93]

the gap in talent between a small and large program is much larger in football than it is in basketball.  what i’m saying is that this proposal would be lacking the madness part of march madness.

I agree with this.  This year:

MAC champ played Ohio St and lost 77 - 21
C-USA champ played Texas and lost 41 - 20 (although the first half was tied)
MW champ played USC and lost 45 - 17
Sun Belt champ played Ole Miss and lost 28 - 10 (game was never close)

Outside of the American (which we are in the process of decimating) there isn't a non-P5 league that can stay with the top of the P5.  There would not be the upsets you see in March Madness.

[mocat]

conference noncon records vs P5+ND schools (this list does not include any bowl games):

1. b12 7-3 (.700)
2. sec 10-5 (.667)
3. b10 5-6 (.455)
4. p12 4-7 (.364)
5. acc 7-14 (.333)
6. sbc 4-13 (.235)
7. aac 3-14 (.176)
8. mac 2-19 (.095)
9. cusa 1-11 (.083)
10. mwc 1-16 (.059)

[mocat]

b12 really put on a masterclass in how to schedule garbage p5's

wins:
iowa st vs iowa
kansas vs duke
kansas st vs missouri
oklahoma vs nebraska
oklahoma st vs arizona st
tcu vs colorado
west virginia vs virginia tech

losses:
texas vs alabama
texas tech vs north carolina st
west virginia vs pittsburgh