Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"

[BULLSHTR]

Never made sense for the league (FBS) with over 100 teams to have less playoff spots than the NFL. Even less sense that playoffs didn’t previously exist at all.

[Who'sYourData?]

1 hour ago, BULLSHTR said:

Never made sense for the league (FBS) with over 100 teams to have less playoff spots than the NFL. Even less sense that playoffs didn’t previously exist at all.

Made plenty of sense.  ADs and Presidents got to take all kinds of free trips sponsored by bowl committees, and they were afraid bowl games would go away with a playoff.  President gets no $$$ from a playoff.  ADs might now that the money is getting so big.  So it was a perk they got for free.  Why bite the hands that feed you?

[Bull94]

4 hours ago, Cubanbull said:

The latest for 2024 and 2025 is

The top 5 Conference Champions

7 at large. So basically if you aren’t in Top12 in ranking you aren’t getting an at large.

What this leads to is

SEC/BigTen and ND basically taking those 7 at large.

The chances of the ACC or Big12 having another school outside their champion in Top 12 is minimal.

Another reason that makes ACC schools paying a big exit fee for a similar media deal in B12 to also compete for one CFP spot there, not a real good decision.

it's the top 6 conference champions. great opportunity for us if we can win aac in next two years.

from the ncaa site:

The new 12-team College Football Playoff field will include the six highest-ranked conference champions, which will receive automatic bids.

 

How the 12-team College Football Playoff will work: Teams, schedule, bids

WWW.NCAA.COM

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Here's a breakdown of how the new 12-team college football playoffs will work －starting next year － according to CFP officials.

 

Edited December 9, 2023 by Bull94

[Bull Matrix]

Good to see USF mens hoops get a win over ACC today. Not sure if it helps but it sure as hell can’t hurt! Now we should see a good showing by the USF fans & team against another ACC school in the Boca Raton Bowl. ACC eyeballs are watching….

[Triple B]

1 hour ago, Bull94 said:

it's the top 6 conference champions. great opportunity for us if we can win aac in next two years.

from the ncaa site:

The new 12-team College Football Playoff field will include the six highest-ranked conference champions, which will receive automatic bids.

 

How the 12-team College Football Playoff will work: Teams, schedule, bids

WWW.NCAA.COM

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Here's a breakdown of how the new 12-team college football playoffs will work －starting next year － according to CFP officials.

 

That's the latest article I saw, 12/3/2023, but couldn't believe they're guaranteeing 2 playoff spots to the G5, so wasn't sure that was correct.

[Jim Johnson]

It will not be 6 + 6.

The CFP board has to formally vote, but the Management Committee has already made it's recommendation.  The change will be formally approved when the CFP Board meets in January.
 

Sources: CFP leaders moving closer to adjusting 12-team playoff format

SPORTS.YAHOO.COM

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College Football Playoff leaders continue to move closer to adjusting the postseason format in the wake of realignment.

 

[Gat-Rat Bull]

8 hours ago, Jim Johnson said:

1. The ACC will pay out more money than the Big 12 over the next decade, even without their top teams because ESPN can't rework the contract just because the composition of the conference changes -- as long as the conference remains above 15 teams.  The ACC network will continue to grow revenue as it expands westward thanks to SMU, Stanford, and Cal, plus when the Big 12 contract expires they will face the same stark reality the Pac 12 faced - they are not worth the money they think they should get.   So the Big 12's next contract will not be all that meaningful.

2. Also, the GOR will not "open up". The addition of three teams actually made this even more certain - there will not be 10 votes to disband the GOR and no court is going to throw it out.  Thus, the few schools leaving will be paying a ton of money to leave.  Louisville, Va Tech, Pitt, etc will not be able to afford the exit fees ... and they would have to give up their share of the money being paid by FSU, Clemson, etc -- which could be more than $1 billion in total.  By the time the cost to leave gets more reasonable in the 2030s, the Big 12 will have a new contract that will be on par with the ACC so even in 2032 or 2033 there won't be any real incentive to leave.

You can forget the Big 12 getting any current ACC team.

I'd say this is some very sound logic right here.

[E.T.]

Trying to screw the G5.

[Triple B]

2 hours ago, Jim Johnson said:

It will not be 6 + 6.

The CFP board has to formally vote, but the Management Committee has already made it's recommendation.  The change will be formally approved when the CFP Board meets in January.
 

Sources: CFP leaders moving closer to adjusting 12-team playoff format

SPORTS.YAHOO.COM

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College Football Playoff leaders continue to move closer to adjusting the postseason format in the wake of realignment.

 

That definitely makes more sense in that they're not just handing an extra playoff spot to a G5, probably knocking out a P5 ...

[Jim Johnson]

35 minutes ago, Triple B said:

That definitely makes more sense in that they're not just handing an extra playoff spot to a G5, probably knocking out a P5 ...

Since the end of the BCS, there has never actually been a guaranteed spot for anyone in the CFP ... "P5" is not a real thing -- it's media short hand and they are already changing to use "P4"... someone did an analysis of what the 6 + 6 model would have looked like going back, and only ONCE did two G5 teams make it because the Sun Belt and AAC champions were both higher than the Pac 12 champion (the 20202 Covid year).

The thought is that top 5 champions likely means 5 teams in the Top 20 at least... so we don't get an 8-4 U Conn in the Fiesta Bowl situation... if you go top 6, that 6th team might be outside the top 25.

Edited December 10, 2023 by Jim Johnson