Updated potential Division 1-A National Playoffs

With the conference championships now decided, I figure I'd piss off Collin a little more with an updated look on what a Division 1-A National Playoff would look like. IM just putting it at 16 teams because it's an even number and each team playing the same number of games. Also, all games are on neutral sites (bowl sites) with the higher seed gaining some near-home field advantage as they will play at the nearest bowl site.

The tournament is designed to get the best teams to face off in a winner-take-all tournament, with the winner being the best team in America. The BCS, or you could refer it to the PCS (Playoff Championship System), would be utilized for playoff seeding...nothing more. Here we go!

(Seeding in parenthesis)

Conference Champions (Official)
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ACC: Florida State (12)
Big East: West Virginia (10)
Big Ten: Penn State (3, Won tiebreaker over Ohio State)
Big XII: Texas (2)
Conference USA: Tulsa (14)
Mid-American: Akron (15)
Mountain West: Texas Christian (11)
Pac-10: Southern California (1)
SEC: Georgia (7)
Sun Belt: Arkansas State (16, Won tiebreaker over UL-Lafayette & UL-Monroe)
WAC: Boise State (13, Won tiebreaker over Nevada)


Top 5 At-Large Teams
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Ohio State (4)
Oregon (5)
Notre Dame (6, Due to BCS rules, if they're in the top 8, they qualify for BCS)
Miami, FL (8)
Auburn (9)


First Round Games
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At San Diego, CA (Poinsettia Bowl)
(16) Arkansas State
(1) Southern California

At Orlando, FL (Champs Sports Bowl)
(9) Auburn
(8) Miami, FL

At San Francisco, CA (Emerald Bowl)
(12) Florida State
(5) Oregon

At Detroit, MI (Motor City Bowl)
(13) Boise State
(4) Ohio State

At Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)
(11) Texas Christian
(6) Notre Dame

At Nashville, TN (Music City Bowl)
(14) Tulsa
(3) Penn State

At Atlanta, GA(Peach Bowl)
(10) West Virginia
(7) Georgia

At San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)
(15) Akron
(2) Texas


Quarterfinal Games
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At Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)
(8) Miami, FL
(1) Southern California

At Houston, TX (Houston Bowl)
(12) Florida State
(4) Ohio State

At Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)
(6) Notre Dame
(3) Penn State

At Dallas TX (Cotton Bowl)
(7) Georgia
(2) Texas


Semifinal Games
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At Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)
(4) Ohio State
(1) Southern California

At Atlanta, GA (Sugar Bowl, relocated due to damaged New Orleans)
(6) Notre Dame
(2) Texas


NCAA Division 1-A National Championship Game
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At Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)
(2) Texas
(1) Southern California

I know its raw, and it could use some tweaking...But its not a bad field. With what happened in the conference championship games, more teams could be added (24 has been the consensus) and would make it better. Besides Collin's dissenting opinion, ya'll reckon it would work for you?

 

Dude, you're not pissing me off. I showed why your ideas are bad and then caused you to wet your pants after finding out that your physical threats might get you into real trouble, but I certainly don't mind entertaining hypotheticals. Imagining what would happen in a tournament is not only fine, but potentially fun. I just don't think it would be a good idea to implement because of the reasons already mentioned.


Here's how I think it would play out based on match-ups, talent, and who is hot right now (some of your seedings are crap, by the way):

USC over Arkansas State
Auburn over Miami
Florida State over Oregon
Ohio State over Boise State
TCU over Notre Dame
Penn State over Tulsa
Georgia over West Virginia
Texas over Akron

Auburn over USC
Ohio State over Florida State
Penn State over TCU
Texas over Georgia

Auburn over Ohio State
Texas over Penn State

Texas over Auburn

 

Collin, I seeded the teams by the final BCS standings. It was the only thing I could seed by. With Boise State (9-3), Tulsa (8-4), Akron (7-5), and Arkansas State (6-5) unranked, I went by best records. Its about as good as I could get it.

That's not a bad tournament you posted....