12 Team CFP Finalized

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In the new format, the four first-round games will be played on the third week of December at sites of the better seed (No. 12 at No. 5; No. 11 at No. 6; No. 10 at No. 7; No. 9 at No. 8). The New Year’s Six bowls—Peach, Rose, Fiesta, Cotton, Orange and Sugar—will host the quarterfinals and semifinals in a rotation. The quarters are played on New Year’s Eve/New Year’s Day and the semifinals are played on Thursday and Friday the second week of January.

Teams will be ranked as the CFP selection committee does now to determine their seeding. The seeding, 1 through 12, will likely look different than the rankings. The four highest-ranked conference champions will be seeded 1-4 and get a first-round bye to the quarterfinals, where committee members will slot them based on their league’s historic bowl relationships.

2024 College Football Playoff schedule
First round (home sites)
Dec. 20, 2024 (Friday): One game
Dec. 21, 2024 (Saturday): Three games

Quarterfinals
Dec. 31, 2024 (Tuesday): Fiesta Bowl
Jan. 1, 2025 (Wednesday): Peach Bowl; Rose Bowl; Sugar Bowl

Semifinals
Jan. 9, 2025 (Thursday): Orange Bowl
Jan. 10, 2025 (Friday): Cotton Bowl

Championship
Jan. 20, 2025 (Monday): Atlanta


https://www.si.com/college/2023/05/...wl-games-revealed-for-2024-2025-full-schedule
 
January 9th is my birthday. January 9th is my wife’s birthday. January 9th is our wedding anniversary. January 9th 2024 the Horns will play in the Orange Bowl? :hookem:
 
Oh good, now a team with three losses, who placed 4th in their conference, can win a national title over a team that went undefeated and won their conference championship. As long as someone votes them into the top 12 and the wins and losses happen to come at the right time.
 
Ajo Macho said:
Oh good, now a team with three losses, who placed 4th in their conference, can win a national title over a team that went undefeated and won their conference championship. As long as someone votes them into the top 12 and the wins and losses happen to come at the right time.
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I have no issue with a 3 loss team winning it all. To me that would mean that by late December, they may just be the best team in the country.
 
Ajo Macho said:
Oh good, now a team with three losses, who placed 4th in their conference, can win a national title over a team that went undefeated and won their conference championship. As long as someone votes them into the top 12 and the wins and losses happen to come at the right time.
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I realize it's new to college football, but that's how all other sports are done.
 
dukesteer said:
I have no issue with a 3 loss team winning it all. To me that would mean that by late December, they may just be the best team in the country.
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I do agree, Duke. This might help improve regular season games change from the ridiculous SECish schedule a non-conference vs brother Martin of Rhode Island that they all seem to do. for Aggie not to win three games minimum per year is absurd based on who they schedule.
it won’t be a big deal if Texas loses to Alabama and then drops a close game to say West Virginia,
I never did agree that an undefeated team simply means that that team is better than every other team. The ESPN commentators always state “they can only play the schedule that you were given “ as they explain why certain undefeated teams are ranked really high, even though they haven’t played crap …. then they get their a$$ handed to them in the playoffs .
I was not surprised to see TCU get lambasted last year or Bama spanking of Cincy.
 
Finally! And now we can always remember that American College Football Championships were once politically controlled by the polls and hence illegitimate. No other major sport, collegiate or professional, existed without a playoff. The reasons always given for no college playoff were only the good reasons. The real reason was always to allow control over who was champion.
 
Vol Horn 4 Life said:
Actually, it's not new to college football. D1 football is the ONLY collegiate sport this is new to. Every other college football division already does this.
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Name me last years champs in each of those divisions. Bet you can’t because you don’t give a ****. And if you don’t give a ****, that’s a useless comparison.

And a bit ironic that teams stumble over themselves to get to this level knowing they’ll never play in the playoff.
 
NRHorn said:
I do agree, Duke. This might help improve regular season games change from the ridiculous SECish schedule a non-conference vs brother Martin of Rhode Island that they all seem to do. for Aggie not to win three games minimum per year is absurd based on who they schedule.
it won’t be a big deal if Texas loses to Alabama and then drops a close game to say West Virginia,
I never did agree that an undefeated team simply means that that team is better than every other team. The ESPN commentators always state “they can only play the schedule that you were given “ as they explain why certain undefeated teams are ranked really high, even though they haven’t played crap …. then they get their a$$ handed to them in the playoffs .
I was not surprised to see TCU get lambasted last year or Bama spanking of Cincy.
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Or it might make regular season scheduling worse. Absolutely no point in scheduling a team you might play later in the season. If the odds are 50-50 that you’ll lose, it’s a poor choice because you absolutely lessen your chances of the playoff. And if you beat them, advantage them in the rematch. Oh, and don’t forget, you just cost yourself a higher seed and a home game because you lost a conference game.

And the mindset that you can afford more losses is off base when it comes to non conference scheduling. Take the SEC. Any two loss team is in. Now let’s say they lose two in conference and one non conference, which they reasonably could have avoided playing. Three losses and you may be out Ole Miss cause UCLA and MSU only lost two due to their middle of the road scheduling.
 
Your Wrong said:
Name me last years champs in each of those divisions. Bet you can’t because you don’t give a ****. And if you don’t give a ****, that’s a useless comparison.

And a bit ironic that teams stumble over themselves to get to this level knowing they’ll never play in the playoff.
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the ncaa basketball champions? the nfl champions? point is EVERY OTHER major sport does it this way.
 
The only fly in the ointment I see as it relates to a true playoff scenario is the lack of a home field advantage for the (at least perceived) higher ranked teams. Minor issue but there nonetheless.
 
X Misn Tx said:
the ncaa basketball champions? the nfl champions? point is EVERY OTHER major sport does it this way.
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And my point is there are many facets which draw people to D1 football over those other sports, divisions. College football is the greatest fans game in America. This whittles away at that. Maybe those other sports should focus on keeping people’s attention throughout the season.

College football has killed off the prospect of another Texas-USC matchup. That was perfection. Buildup. Focus. From a fans perspective, it allowed for planning, buildup, hype, at a more tolerable cost, not screwing up holiday and family opportunities. It was no doubt the two best teams.

Also keep in mind, we beat #3 at their house that season. They didn’t deserve a rematch. It would have diminished the first game. Just like beating OU in October was diminished when they got a rematch and got critical calls in their favor in the championship game.
 
HalRex said:
The only fly in the ointment I see as it relates to a true playoff scenario is the lack of a home field advantage for the (at least perceived) higher ranked teams. Minor issue but there nonetheless.
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That’s not true. 3 loss conference champion getting a bye over a potentially 1 loss conference 2nd place team. 8 versus 9? One gets the home field. Teams 13-16 with viable argument over 10-12?

A home game is a massive advantage. A bye is a massive advantage.

Let’s compare to basketball. Does how you finish matter? Is it about the season in its entirety? Or is it about your perceived strength at the end? There are arguments to be made that certain 4 loss teams are better at seasons end than a 2 or 3 loss team.

We should just move to the next step. 4 mega conferences and be done with it. Get it down to 8 then play it out.
 
Your Wrong said:
Name me last years champs in each of those divisions. Bet you can’t because you don’t give a ****.
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The inability to name (or remember) the champions or runners up in those lower divisions has less to do with the format, and everything to do with the teams. To some extent the same applies to the Canadian football league and probably will apply to the USFL. Can you say NIT?

IMHO interest in this new playoff format will be off the charts, and the eyeballs watching the games will set records, as will the revenue generated. I also think that the format “encourages” more interesting intersectional games because the impact of a loss is diminished considerably.

With the new format, the fans are the winners, and teams that suffer early losses due to factors such as injuries (as someone else mentioned) will not necessarily be penalized.
 
dukesteer said:
The inability to name (or remember) the champions or runners up in those lower divisions has less to do with the format, and everything to do with the teams. To some extent the same applies to the Canadian football league and probably will apply to the USFL. Can you say NIT?

That’s part of my point. In spite of all these great playoff formats, people don’t necessarily care.


IMHO interest in this new playoff format will be off the charts, and the eyeballs watching the games will set records, as will the revenue generated. I also think that the format “encourages” more interesting intersectional games because the impact of a loss is diminished considerably.

No doubt. I don’t care and I don’t benefit from this new interest. Maybe we outsource the OU game to Germany to garner even more interest. As I referenced earlier, there’s no benefit to a team scheduling a great non conference opponent.

With the new format, the fans are the winners, and teams that suffer early losses due to factors such as injuries (as someone else mentioned) will not necessarily be penalized.
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I am a fan. I don’t necessarily benefit. I’m a season ticket holder. And have been for years. We will see the impact. My costs have gone up already. I give a ****. We will see if I get squeezed out. If people that do care get squeezed out, then in game experiences are less.
 
Your Wrong said:
Name me last years champs in each of those divisions. Bet you can’t because you don’t give a ****. And if you don’t give a ****, that’s a useless comparison.

And a bit ironic that teams stumble over themselves to get to this level knowing they’ll never play in the playoff.
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Moronic argument. Without looking tell me last years champs in lower level basketball tournaments. You can't, but that doesn't tarnish march madness.

No one knows the other football champions because unless you went there or live in that city people don't care about anything but D1. Plus D1 is whats on national TV. It's not the ******* football tournaments fault.
 
The only problem I see with the 12 team playoff is that the board members forgot to write the sentence to always exclude OU.
 
Your Wrong said:
And my point is there are many facets which draw people to D1 football over those other sports, divisions. College football is the greatest fans game in America. This whittles away at that. Maybe those other sports should focus on keeping people’s attention throughout the season.
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It's not the lack of a playoff that draws fans. I get tradition is good. That's not a draw though
 
Wow, now some schools could be playing 16-17 games if they go all the way; 12 regular season games, plus conference championship game plus 3 or even 4 playoff games. That’s an NFL regular season. Whoever winds up the champion, will certainly have earned it.
 
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