We made the argument last year, and it still stands. NCAA Div I football needs the playoffs. It would be extremely easy, the money would still flow, and all conferences would be represented, eliminating the BCS Conference stranglehold on the national championship game. The NCAA could keep their beloved BCS system in place, and use it to seed the teams. This year, it would look something like this:
#1 Alabama (SEC Champ)
#2 Texas (B12 Champ)
#3 Cincinnati (Big East Champ)
#4 TCU (Mountain West Champ)
#5 Florida
#6 Boise State (WAC Champ)
#7 Oregon (P10 Champ)
#8 Ohio State (B10 Champ)
#9 Georgia Tech (ACC Champ)
#10 Iowa
#11 Virginia Tech
#12 LSU
#13 Penn State
Central Michigan (MAC Champ)
East Carolina (CUSA Champ)
Troy (SBC Champ)
Then, seed them 1-16 (where have we seen this before?), and 1-8 get home games to start the playoffs. Starting in round 2, you get the bowl affiliations.
16 Troy at
1 Alabama;
9 Georgia Tech at
8 Ohio State
Winners go to the Rose Bowl
12 LSU at
5 Florida;
13 Penn State at
4 TCU
Winners go to Gator Bowl
15 East Carolina at
2 Texas;
10 Iowa at
7 Oregon
Winners go to Sugar Bowl
11 Virginia Tech at
6 Boise State;
14 Central Michigan at
3 Cincinnati
Winners go to Cotton Bowl
Winners of Rose Bowl and Gator Bowl go to the Fiesta Bowl.
Winners of Sugar Bowl and Cotton Bowl go to the Orange Bowl.
Those winners then go to an actual National Championship game in Pasadena.
Holy crap. Is this really that difficult?
