Conferences and Playoffs
Posted: December 5th, 2022, 5:35 pm
USC and UCLA are joining the Big 10 in 2024.
Texas and Oklahoma are joining the SEC in 2025.
Playoff expands to 12 teams in 2024.
This leaves the conferences with the following number of teams:
Big "10" - 16
SEC - 16
ACC - 14
PAC "12" - 10
Big "12" - 8
It seems like the next logical step would be for the PAC-12 and Big XII to merge, with two of the teams joining the ACC (Baylor and TCU? Oregon and Oregon St? Stanford and Cal?), creating four 16-team super conferences. This would put 4 conference champs and 8 wild cards in the playoffs. I think this is retarded, and a move in the wrong direction. I think we need 8 conferences with 8 teams each (restoring old rivalries like Pitt-PSU, Pitt-WVU, WVU-VT, Nebraska-Oklahoma, Arkansas-Texas, Notre Dame-Michigan, BYU-Utah, etc). Teams play 7 conference games (no championship games) and 5 OOC games. Each team gets 1 FCS opponent, 2 G5 opponents, and 2 P5 (now P8) opponents. Playoffs are all 8 conference champs, regardless of record, and 4 wild cards.
Or you could add ND, BYU and 6 other teams to make eight 9-team conferences.
Thoughts?
Texas and Oklahoma are joining the SEC in 2025.
Playoff expands to 12 teams in 2024.
This leaves the conferences with the following number of teams:
Big "10" - 16
SEC - 16
ACC - 14
PAC "12" - 10
Big "12" - 8
It seems like the next logical step would be for the PAC-12 and Big XII to merge, with two of the teams joining the ACC (Baylor and TCU? Oregon and Oregon St? Stanford and Cal?), creating four 16-team super conferences. This would put 4 conference champs and 8 wild cards in the playoffs. I think this is retarded, and a move in the wrong direction. I think we need 8 conferences with 8 teams each (restoring old rivalries like Pitt-PSU, Pitt-WVU, WVU-VT, Nebraska-Oklahoma, Arkansas-Texas, Notre Dame-Michigan, BYU-Utah, etc). Teams play 7 conference games (no championship games) and 5 OOC games. Each team gets 1 FCS opponent, 2 G5 opponents, and 2 P5 (now P8) opponents. Playoffs are all 8 conference champs, regardless of record, and 4 wild cards.
Or you could add ND, BYU and 6 other teams to make eight 9-team conferences.
Thoughts?