Bottom Of The Barrel

Why college football needs a playoff system

This year, college football has had as many as 7 different teams that have been ranked number one in the country. There is only one team that went undefeated - Hawaii - however they will probably not be ranked any higher than eighth in the country because their "soft" schedule. So which teams, who have all lost a game or two, get to play for the "national championship"? Could you imagine the NFL just picking two teams for the super bowl based on some computer model? Neither could I.

What the NCAA needs to do is replace the existing bowl system with a playoff to culminate on the first Monday night in January, which would crown a true national champion - that is the team that has won all of their playoff games. If they were smart, they would tap into the March Madness hype of basketball and bring that to the gridiron. They could also give the playoff teams "bowl" bids or the rounds of playoffs. This would combine the best of both worlds.

Maybe this year's disaster of a college football season will get the BCS guys to rethink their brilliant computer modeling.

posted by TheWino @ 8:03 AM