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?
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