Dan Patrick: CFP likely going to 14 in 2026

[Pepe Silvia]

All games should be on campus until the final

 

[Jim14510]

All games should be on campus until the final

I might be in the minority again but I like the first round home games and neutral bowl game for the 2nd and 3rd.

The first round games did have a different feel with the game being at home. I just like the idea of generally nice weather and generally good destination for the rest. For the players and the fans.

 

[huskermack]

I’m too lazy to read the thread.
I think 12 is too many. They should have gone with 8.
The 9th rated team just isn’t good enough to compete with the top teams.

 

[Jim14510]

I’m too lazy to read the thread.
I think 12 is too many. They should have gone with 8.
The 9th rated team just isn’t good enough to compete with the top teams.

More meaningful football good (even if marginally meaningful)
Less football bad

 

[Omar Little]

12 is plenty.

 

[HerbRedman]

12 is plenty.

I think 14 could really help NU though.

Cue the "let's worry about beating Cockeye first before we book our tickets to the CFP" a-hole. Yes I know we were 7-6 this yr.

My point is NU, if we can get it going, is likely going to be in that 10-15 ranking range. That's kind of our best case scenario. I don't see a lot of years where we'll be a top 5-6 team. If we can get in the CFP discussion, most yrs it'll probably be as one of the last teams in. So 14 vs 12 could be a big deal for us. For Ohio St it doesn't matter.

 

[nja13]

 

[Irv]

I really don’t see why we have to jam this into the bowl system.

Among other things, I’m tired of pretending like the Peach Bowl is some sort of grand tradition in college football.

 

[2010sarenevercomingback]

I really don’t see why we have to name this into the bowl system.

Among other things, I’m tired of pretending like the Peach Bowl is some sort of grand tradition in college football.

It's not being done out of sentimentality or tradition.

The bowls are big money contributors, many with contracts locked in for multiple years to come.

They'll be around until the new system finds a way to eat them and poop out something that generates more cash.

 

[Quint]

I agree.

The one issue I'm wondering about if these bye teams are mad about missing out on the home gate for 1 extra game.

I'm guessing that each major CFB team generates like $7m per home game (gross revenue). I could see Ohio State getting pissed off about missing that every year while, Penn St gets it.

These programs are $$$ whores. They don't like missing out on any money that their competitors are getting.

I completely agree.

I don’t think it’s unreasonable for the teams that earned a bye to expect one home game for making the playoffs. It’s a reward for the school financially and for the fans.

As an aside, the weather dynamic could be awesome as well. A winter home game in a cold weather area potentially hosting a SEC team would be interesting.

 

[Red Finger]

 

[LoudHogRider]

Also, we should have at least two rounds in team stadiums, not bowls.

The BEST part of the new (& improved?) playoff structure is the introduction of the home games. LOVE that part, even if it's at the detriment of some of the "lesser bowls". As much as I love watching CFB, there's just too dang many of them.

 

[RedDeanRedemption]

A reseed would have given us the exact same matchups in round 2 this year.

 

[Alcaus]

I'm sure it probably does. But if you're Penn St, you hit a mini lotto bc you got both an extra home gate PLUS a NY6 bowl. It turned out very well for them.

I don't know if OSU has a problem with it, I'm just speculating. Teams that had the better seeds actually got lower benefits than some of the lower seeded teams.

CFB is the king of people feeling slighted. So my guess is someone will bring this up if it's a thing.

Sure but that NY6 bowl wasn’t guaranteed (despite the opponent)

 

[cwessel76]

Follow the money.

This is fucking stupid.

 

[BorWhiskey]

I was initially of the opinion that it was a bad thing to give undeserving teams a shot at the title. “FOR THE SANCTITY AND INTEGRITY OF THE GAME!” Now in where @Jim14510 is. More good college football the better. Even if the game turns into a stinker, the conversation around those games filling the week up is great. Putting Bucknel in because they win the Patriot doesn’t hurt college basketball. They just always lose in the first round.

12, 14, 16 teams… actually playing meaningful football instead of crowning the SEC off of hypothetical strength is best for the sport.

 

[Quint]

I was initially of the opinion that it was a bad thing to give undeserving teams a shot at the title. “FOR THE SANCTITY AND INTEGRITY OF THE GAME!” Now in where @Jim14510 is. More good college football the better. Even if the game turns into a stinker, the conversation around those games filling the week up is great. Putting Bucknel in because they win the Patriot doesn’t hurt college basketball. They just always lose in the first round.

12, 14, 16 teams… actually playing meaningful football instead of crowning the SEC off of hypothetical strength is best for the sport.

To the bolded, I’m pretty sure this proposed increase is being pushed to increase the number of SEC teams in the mix. We heard a lot of whining from Alabama and Mississippi that they deserved to be in the playoffs, because ‘SEC’.

For the record, I’m all for 16. The FCS has used that model since 1986 and it’s worked. #17-20 can still whine, but nobody cares. At least until an SEC is #17-20…then we’ll have to revisit.

 

[Irv]

A reseed would have given us the exact same matchups in round 2 this year.

I think the idea is that you reseed the second round based on CFP rankings.

So round two would have been

Oregon vs ASU
Georgia vs Boise
Texas vs Ohio St
PSU vs ND

ASU and Boise get the benefit of a bye for conference championships, but don’t escape the top ranked teams once they’ve started playing.

 

[Stan Raymond]

I hope it doesn't expand, there are plenty of teams in it already that have no chance of winning a title. Why expand to have Ole Miss, South Carolina or Alabama in this year? None of them deserved to be in. 12 is to many.

 

[herbsinator]

I think the idea is that you reseed the second round based on CFP rankings.

So round two would have been

Oregon vs ASU
Georgia vs Boise
Texas vs Ohio St
PSU vs ND

ASU and Boise get the benefit of a bye for conference championships, but don’t escape the top ranked teams once they’ve started playing.

The best case scenario would be them just taking to the top 12/14 overall teams regardless of conference championships, etc., but if the idea is that we have to “protect” conf championship games, the approach described above is the most fair.