It's a dream. At least for now. It would be amazing to have a college football playoff to look forward to instead of just a bunch of BCS controversy. A lot of people worry that a playoff would lessen the importance of the regular season which is unmatched in intensity by any other sport.
I think I have the solution. My plan would not only bring a playoff to college football but would actually INCREASE the regular season intensity.
The playoff would consist of 8 teams. I think 4 is too few and 16 is too many.
Here is the key. The 6 current BCS conferences would each get one automatic bid to the playoffs for its winner. Everyone else in those conferences has no shot. If you don't win your conference, you have no business playing for a national title. End of story. Obviously, conferences that do not currently have a conference title game would be pressed to have one, so that the conference champion could be decided on the field. Regardless of that, only the winner of the conference, however it is decided, would move on. That alone would renew rivalries and make every conference game even more important than it is now.
The remaining two spots would be reserved for the two teams with the best records from smaller conferences or independents. Voting would have no effect. If there were three independent or small conference teams with the same record, then the two with the highest strength of schedule would get the spots. This will encourage teams to play tougher games throughout the year, thus making college football even more watchable. Plus, teams like Boise St this year would get in because they went undefeated. They don't have to care about useless voters giving them attention, they just have to focus on winning.
I think that my plan would not only mantain the college fooball regular season intensity as it is now, but it would be incredibly fair as to how you get in. Win your conference and your in. Win more games and play a tougher schedule than other teams if you aren't in a major conference, and you are in.
Who wouldn't want to watch that?
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