Should college Football's playoff system be expanded to 8 teams?

[Troglodyte]

That's just it, the argument will be it's never enough - next year U will be here arguing for a 24 team playoff!

That's just baseless. The other divisions aren't arguing for expanded playoffs. Many people only want 8 instead of 16 for D1.

 

[steelermania]

It has to expand to at least 8. This year, the 2 best teams were left out so it is already flawed.

Bama got left out???? How? When? As for 8 teams, that is the best number. Five champs, and three wild cards.

 

[Spike]

There are only 2 good teams

Buckeyes and Bama - don't need any more than that

 

[steelerscotty]

I'm for a 16 team playoff. 8 is better than 4 though.

 

[Steelerfreak]

One step at a time, but 16 is the ultimate finish line. That will satisfy all the conference champions, including smaller conferences (AAC/MAC/MW) and still give you 6 at large teams or so. It would provide 15 bowls a game, so pretty much those 15 bowls with the most history.

The biggest issue would be the seeding. That would end up being "fuzzy math committee decision" stuff.




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[AggieSteel]

I think 8 is perfect. It is still a small enough pool to preserve the sanctity of the regular season. But having 8 allows you to grant an automatic bid to all the conference champions to take the politics and grumbling about conferences out of the equation, then 3 at-large to appease the OSU's, the Notre Dame's, the non-P5, etc. It just makes sense. Which is why it's not happening now, of course

 

[GMC]

When you have a team that couldn't win their conference, or even play in their conference championship game, playing for a national title, the playoff system is a sham. Especially if that conference's champion is not playing in the playoff.

It will expand, because what they have now, still doesn't work.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[str8liner]

8 team playoff will take all conf. champs, and the other good 1 and 2 loss teams most of the time so I am for it.