College Playoffs for 2009-2010

Here come the bowls. And before I give my bowl picks in the next blog, I'd like to examine a playoff for this year in D1A college football.
We had 5 undefeated teams close out the year, so wouldn't this have been the perfect year for a playoff.

Heck, if Texas would've lost to Nebraska (the Cornhuskers were robbed in the last second) we would've had a big ole mess that only a playoff could've solved.

So here we go.
First, take all the conference champs in D1A.
ACC: Georgia Tech
Big 10: Ohio State
Big 12: Texas
Big East: Cincinnati
C-USA: East Carolina
MAC: Central Michigan
Mountain West: TCU
Pac-10: Oregon
SEC: Alabama
Sun Belt: Troy
WAC: Boise State

Now for the hard part, making it a 16-team field.
So, we need 5 at-large teams. This is the only part of the selection process that is flawed. The best way to do this is use the final rankings.

So, after looking at the 5 slots, here are the teams that round out the field.
1-Florida
2-Iowa
3-Virginia Tech
4-Nebraska
5-Stanford

Now the field is picked, and it is time to seed.
Obviously, Alabama is the 1 seed.
1-Alabama
2-Texas
3-Oregon
4-Ohio State
5-Georgia Tech
6-Cincinnati
7-TCU
8-Boise State
9-East Carolina
10-Central Michigan
11-Troy
12-Florida
13-Iowa
14-Virginia Tech
15-Nebraska
16-Stanford

So, here we go in Round 1:
Alabama over Stanford
Nebraska over Texas (rematch)
Oregon over Virginia Tech
Iowa over Ohio State (rematch)
Florida over Georgia Tech
Cincinnati over Troy
TCU over Central Michigan
East Carolina over Boise State

Round 2
Alabama over Oregon
Florida over ECU
TCU over Cincinnati
Nebraska over Iowa

Round 3
Bama over Florida (rematch)
TCU over Nebraska

Title game
Bama over TCU

Now, the site for the first round is home of the higher seed. Round 2, goes to site of a bowl game.
Round 3 alternates with two of the BCS Bowls (Fiesta, Rose, Sugar, Orange)
The final game is a neutral site, like it is now.

You still have the other bowls for teams that didn't make the tournament. So the money revenue isn't lost for the big schools and conferences.

Besides, who wouldn't want to see those rematches, and a title game with a real David vs Goliath?

Next up, I pick the bowl winners...stay connected.

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