I've been thinking about this a lot recently. Would love yalls thoughts and opinions on how you would draw it up! This is what makes the most sense to me, is the most fair, and would create a good level of competition.
Step 1) Officially change to a Power 4 format. That makes a Group of 6 which the PAC 12 is now included in. I would also exclude any Independent schools. Notre Dame can grow some balls and join a P4 conference, any conference would be happy to take them in.
Step 2) Take a page from college basketball and create a NET / KenPom style ranking system. For a hypothetical let's call it the NET ranking. There would be no more incompetent AP and CFP voters who have the B1G and SEC in their pockets.
Auto Bid & 1st Round Bye:
- Winners of the Big 12, B1G, SEC, and ACC.
Auto Bid w/o 1st Round Bye:
- Conference runner-ups of Big 12, B1G, SEC, and ACC.
Remaining Four Slots:
- Four of the Group of 6 conference winners with the highest "NET Rankings" take the final four slots.
Seeding:
- The seeding is decided by the "NET" Rankings.
- The Power 4 conference winners take seeds 1-4 based on their NET.
- The Power 4 runner-ups and Group of 6 conference winners take seeds 5-12 which are also decided by NET.
NET Rankings:
- Each team is graded on their overall record, points per game, and points allowed per game.
- Then take those rankings to determine the strength of schedule each team had once the regular season has ended.
- The strength of schedule can't be determined until all conference title games have been played and the regular season has concluded.
- This will give you an honest ranking based on overall record, PPG, PAPG, and strength of schedule.
- I'm not a mathematician, but overall record, PPG, PAPG, and SOS would need to be weighted in the NET ranking.
CFP Requirments:
- Teams have to be in a P4 or G6 conference.
- All P4 conferences are required to move to 10 conference games.
Bowl Games:
- There will be fewer teams and time slots for bowl games due to the new format. With that being the case, only teams that won 7 or more games are eligible for bowl games. No more 6-6 teams in bowl games, you have to finish the season with a winning record. Therefore, if these teams lose their bowl game, they still finish above 500. This will also help prevent boring bowl games that have low attendance and TV ratings.
Step 1) Officially change to a Power 4 format. That makes a Group of 6 which the PAC 12 is now included in. I would also exclude any Independent schools. Notre Dame can grow some balls and join a P4 conference, any conference would be happy to take them in.
Step 2) Take a page from college basketball and create a NET / KenPom style ranking system. For a hypothetical let's call it the NET ranking. There would be no more incompetent AP and CFP voters who have the B1G and SEC in their pockets.
Auto Bid & 1st Round Bye:
- Winners of the Big 12, B1G, SEC, and ACC.
Auto Bid w/o 1st Round Bye:
- Conference runner-ups of Big 12, B1G, SEC, and ACC.
Remaining Four Slots:
- Four of the Group of 6 conference winners with the highest "NET Rankings" take the final four slots.
Seeding:
- The seeding is decided by the "NET" Rankings.
- The Power 4 conference winners take seeds 1-4 based on their NET.
- The Power 4 runner-ups and Group of 6 conference winners take seeds 5-12 which are also decided by NET.
NET Rankings:
- Each team is graded on their overall record, points per game, and points allowed per game.
- Then take those rankings to determine the strength of schedule each team had once the regular season has ended.
- The strength of schedule can't be determined until all conference title games have been played and the regular season has concluded.
- This will give you an honest ranking based on overall record, PPG, PAPG, and strength of schedule.
- I'm not a mathematician, but overall record, PPG, PAPG, and SOS would need to be weighted in the NET ranking.
CFP Requirments:
- Teams have to be in a P4 or G6 conference.
- All P4 conferences are required to move to 10 conference games.
Bowl Games:
- There will be fewer teams and time slots for bowl games due to the new format. With that being the case, only teams that won 7 or more games are eligible for bowl games. No more 6-6 teams in bowl games, you have to finish the season with a winning record. Therefore, if these teams lose their bowl game, they still finish above 500. This will also help prevent boring bowl games that have low attendance and TV ratings.
