Monday, December 06, 2010

2011 Edition - Fymbo Formula™: A College Football Playoff That Works

You're not going to hear too much complaining about the BCS this year. There seems to be two clear cut top teams and they get to play each other for the Championship. About the only complaining could be from 12-0 TCU, but we all know that a non-BCS school can't compete with a team from a power conference, especially in a bowl game.

Actual BCS Schedule

Rose: Wisconsin (Big Ten) vs TCU (At-Large)
Orange: Stanford (At-Large) vs Virginia Tech (ACC)
Sugar: Ohio State (At-Large) vs Arkansas (At-Large)
Fiesta: Connecticut (Big East) vs Oklahoma (Big 12)
Championship: #1 Auburn (SEC) vs #2 Oregon (Pac-10)

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Fymbo Formula 1.1a BCS Playoffs

This iteration is based on rankings, restricting each conference to maximum two teams, and including at least one non-BCS team if they are in the top 12.

January 1st, Saturday
Sugar: #1 Auburn (SEC) vs #8 Arkansas (At-Large)
Rose: #2 Oregon (Pac-10) vs #7 Oklahoma (Big 12)
Orange: #3 TCU (non-BCS automatic) vs #6 Ohio State (At-Large)
Fiesta: #4 Stanford (At-Large) vs #5 Wisconsin (Big Ten)

This 8-team playoff pits the top 8 teams in the country (as decided by the BCS rankings) against each other. The conference champions left out are Virginia Tech with two losses--who aren't in the discussion for national title--and 8-4 Connecticut who aren't in the BCS top 25. They would still get great bowls like Cotton or Capital One or whatever.

January 8th, Saturday
Semifinal #1: Sugar winner vs Fiesta winner (likely Auburn vs Stanford/Wisconsin)
Semifinal #2: Rose winner vs Orange winner (likely Oregon vs TCU)

January 17th, Monday: BCS Championship

I think Auburn and Oregon have proved that they belong in the championship, so the whole point of this would be to see if TCU belongs. It also weeds out the teams that aren't deserving of a BCS spot.

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