Death to the BCS
As in the book Death to the BCS states, there is a much
better way to determine a national champion in college football. It is of course… a playoff.
For years my plan has been to put the 11 FBS Conference
Champions in with automatic bids and then take 5 at large schools to fill out a
16 team bracket. It puts a premium on winning your conference championship, making sure the
regular season still has meaning, but also makes sure to include the top teams
in the country that may have tripped up somewhere along the way.
Here is what the brackets would look like this year.
1. LSU – SEC
Champion
16. Louisiana Tech – WAC Champion
8. Kansas St. – At
Large #5
9. Wisconsin – Big
10 Champion
5. Oregon – Pac 12
Champion
12. Southern Mississippi – Conference USA Champion
4. Stanford – At
Large #2
13. West Virginia – Big East Champion
6. Arkansas – At
Large #3
11. TCU – Mountain West Champion
3. Oklahoma St. – Big XII Champion
14. Arkansas St. – Sun Belt Champion
7. Boise St. – At
Large #4
10. Clemson – ACC Champion
2. Alabama – At
Large #1
15. Northern Illinois – MAC Champion
I used the final BCS standings to determine the seeds, but a
committee could be used as well. The
final three seeds (14-16) were determined based on the “others receiving votes”
in the AP Poll.
In the coming days we will play out the bracket.