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ceece said...

Because 'best' in college football depends too much on subjective data. Too many teams to have enough common opponent data,

People always point to the NFL and other playoff formats but tell me another playoff format that leaves the conference (divisional for pro teams) champions out of the playoff? There aren't any.

That's the argument. Schedules are way way too unbalanced to do it any other way.

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ceece said...

It has nothing to do with Clemson. In a 4 team playoff, LSU, Wisconsin, Oregon and Oklahoma St were all better.

I'm not trying to argue my way into Clemson making a 4 team playoff, there are only 2 years where Clenson would have been in one, in 100 years of college football.

I just believe its sound logic to look at conference champions as the starting point, that must meet a certain criteria.

Until voters start using rankings as a tool to rank the best teams, getting to the final 4 won't ever work. What I mean is, you lose, you get dropped, some games you drop more than others, and timing of a loss hurts you too. If Oklahoma St had lost to Iowa St in September, then most likely they spend the rest of the season getting back to the top 3, then jumping Alabama after they lose at home to LSU. Instead, OSU loses late and doesbt have the benefit of time or more importantly, other teams dropping like flies to jump them back. Not playing in a conference champ game also gives the idle team a chance to jump in the mix by not doing anything (just sitting back and watching a team in front of you lose, who had already proven earlier that they were better).

To counter point Chris Low's statement that college football fans want to see the best teams face off for a title, if Bama/LSU were the 2 best like the opinions that mattered said they were, then why was the BCS title game the least watched title game in BCS history? It's because people don't want to see a rematch, it's already been seen and I don't care how bad Bama beat LSU in round 2, they were 1-1 against each other with LSU's win being in front of 95k Alabama fans.

Conference championships are the building blocks of college football. That's your starting point, because the ranking system is entirely too subjective to be so influential in the system.