Re-Introducing the Fymbo Formula™: A College Football Playoff That Works

Here's how it works and what it looks like:

Here's a recap of what my 8-team playoff is and how it would look this year:

• The 8 teams selected include the conference champion from each of the six BCS conferences plus the highest ranking team from outside those conferences (provided in top 16) and an at-large team.
• We keep all the other Bowl games, and play them and their normal times. There will be 6 less bowl teams, as the final 3 bowl games in the playoffs will be teams playing in multiple bowls.
• This would give us 4 great bowl games on New Year's Day
  

This year's teams:

Big Ten: Ohio State
SEC: LSU
Pac-Ten: USC
ACC: Virginia Tech
Big East: West Virginia
Big 12: Oklahoma
Non-Conference: Hawaii (finished at #10 in BCS)
At-Large: Georgia (finished at #5 in BCS)

So that's the field. Here's what it would look like.

New Year's Day: Round 1

Rose
#1 Ohio State vs #8 Hawaii

Sugar
#2 LSU vs #7 West Virginia

Orange
#3 Virginia Tech vs #6 USC

Fiesta
#4 Oklahoma vs #5 Georgia


BCS Playoffs: Round 2

Rose vs Fiesta

Sugar vs Orange


BCS National Championship



The Fymbo Formula gives every legit team a chance to play for the championship, notable USC, Georgia, Oklahoma and Hawaii, while only excluding teams that couldn't win their conference or finish in the top 5 in the country. If you're not the best team in your conference, you can't be the best team in the country.