If you could make any changes to the CFP/CFB in general, what would they be?

Nello87 · Nov 30, 2018

I'm not saying what I'm proposing is anyway realistic, but this is how I would ideally set up the college football landscape.

First, no conference would have more than 10 teams. There are NO MORE conference championship games. Each conference would play 9 conference games (everyone in your conference) and it would be up to each individual conference to decide how they do tie-breakers.
Below, I removed some teams from FBS status. Again, it's unrealistic, but to make this as succinct as possible, I wanted 13 conferences with 10 teams each (along with 4 schools with "Independent" status).

American Athletic Conference
Boston College
Kentucky
Louisville
Maryland
Rutgers
Syracuse
UCF
USF
Vanderbilt
West Virginia

Atlantic Coast Conference
Clemson
Duke
FSU
Miami (FL)
NC State
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest

BIG 10
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Michigan State
Ohio State
Pittsburgh
Penn State
Purdue
Wisconsin

Big East Conference
Appalachian State
Coastal Carolina
Connecticut
East Carolina
FAU
FIU
Marshall
Middle Tennessee
Toledo
Western Kentucky

Big North Conference
Akron
Ball State
Bowling Green
Buffalo
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Kent State
Miami (OH)
Ohio
Western Michigan

Big South Conference
Baylor
Colorado
Kansas State
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
TCU
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech

Conference USA
Arkansas State
New Mexico
New Mexico State
North Texas
Rice
SMU
Tulsa
UNLV
UTEP
Utah State

Independent
Air Force
Army
Navy
Notre Dame

Mid-American Conference
Cincinnati
Houston
Iowa State
Kansas
Memphis
Minnesota
Missouri
Northern Illinois
Northwestern
Temple

Mountain West Conference
Boise State
BYU
Colorado State
Fresno State
Hawaii
Nevada
San Jose State
San Diego State
Utah
Wyoming

PAC 10
Arizona
Arizona State
California
Oregon
Oregon State
Stanford
UCLA
USC
Washington
Washington State

Southeastern Conference
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Georgia Tech
LSU
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Tennessee

Sun Belt Conference
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
Louisiana
Louisiana Tech
South Alabama
Southern Mississippi
Troy
Tulane
UAB
UL Monroe

Using this years schedule, I would have the season set-up like so:

09/01/18: Game 1
09/08/18: Game 2
09/15/18: Game 3
09/22/18: Game 4
09/29/18: Game 5
10/06/18: Game 6
10/13/18: BYE WEEK
10/20/18: Game 7
10/27/18: Game 8
11/03/18: Game 9
11/10/18: Game 10
11/17/18: Game 11
11/24/18: Game 12

I would have a universal bye week on 10/13/18 and coordinate with the NFL if they wanted to use that Saturday to split up their games for that weekend.

The College Football Playoff and Bowl Games

Because there are no more conference championship games, I would move the playoff to eight teams.
HOWEVER, I would not give automatic bids to conference championship winners. I despise the idea of doing that because a team can schedule three terrible teams in the out of conference just to assure that they get a few easy wins.
I believe the best eight teams should make it in, period. Whether that means that three SEC schools make it in or zero BIG 10 teams get in.
I would get rid of the committee entirely and go back to a BCS like formula that ranks all 134 teams starting after Week 6. People who are smarter than me could figure out the best metrics to use for doing that, but I believe a part of it should absolutely be your SOS of out of conference opponents (aka don't schedule FCS schools or you severely risk going to the playoffs).
I would also eliminate the large number of bowl games. I know this is TOTALLY unrealistic because CFB wants to make money. I'm a capitalist, I get it. But they have become so devalued that it doesn't mean anything anymore.
When it comes to the playoff, the four games (Elite 8) are played the following Saturday (12/01/18) at the higher seeds home field. This allows for home field advantage and students to still be on campus.
The next round(s) of bowl games will be set-up in different tiers:
- Tier 4
  - Military Bowl - Independent vs At-Large
  - Alamo Bowl - Conference USA (2) vs Big North (2)
  - Liberty Bowl - Big East (2) vs Sun Belt (2)
  - New Orleans Bowl - Conference USA (1) vs Sun Belt Conference (1)
  - Pinstripe Bowl - Big East (1) vs Big North (1)
- Tier 3
  - Music City Bowl - ACC (3) vs Big 10 (3)
  - Sun Bowl - AAC (3) vs Big South (3)
  - Holiday Bowl - MWC (3) vs PAC 10 (3)
  - Gator Bowl - MAC (3) vs SEC (3)
- Tier 2
  - Peach Bowl - AAC (2) vs SEC (2)
  - Citrus Bowl - ACC (2) vs MWC (2)
  - Outback Bowl - Big 10 (2) vs MAC (2)
  - Cotton Bowl - Big South (2) vs PAC 10 (2)
- Tier 1
  - Sugar Bowl - SEC (1) vs Big South (1)
  - Fiesta Bowl - MAC (1) vs MWC (1)
  - Rose Bowl - Big 10 (1) vs PAC 10 (1)
  - Orange Bowl - AAC (1) vs ACC (1)

This eliminates 6-6 teams going to bowls and truly makes going to a bowl game special again.
The Final Four games would be played on New Year's Eve (this season) at one location (which will be the same location for the national championship game).
The CFP National Championship would take place a week later on 01/07/18.

Here is the schedule for the entire football season:

09/01/18: Game 1
09/08/18: Game 2
09/15/18: Game 3
09/22/18: Game 4
09/29/18: Game 5
10/06/18: Game 6
10/13/18: BYE WEEK
10/20/18: Game 7
10/27/18: Game 8
11/03/18: Game 9
11/10/18: Game 10
11/17/18: Game 11
11/24/18: Game 12
12/01/18: Elite 8 Games
12/11/18: Military Bowl - Independent vs At-Large
12/11/18: Alamo Bowl - Conference USA (2) vs Big North (2)
12/12/18: Liberty Bowl - Big East (2) vs Sun Belt (2)
12/13/18: New Orleans Bowl - Conference USA (1) vs Sun Belt Conference (1)
12/14/18: Pinstripe Bowl - Big East (1) vs Big North (1)
12/18/18: Music City Bowl - ACC (3) vs Big 10 (3)
12/19/18: Sun Bowl - AAC (3) vs Big South (3)
12/20/18: Holiday Bowl - MWC (3) vs PAC 10 (3)
12/21/18: Gator Bowl - MAC (3) vs SEC (3)
12/26/18: Peach Bowl - AAC (2) vs SEC (2)
12/27/18: Citrus Bowl - ACC (2) vs MWC (2)
12/28/18: Outback Bowl - Big 10 (2) vs MAC (2)
12/29/18: Cotton Bowl - Big South (2) vs PAC 10 (2)
12/31/18: Final 4 Games
12/31/18: Sugar Bowl - SEC (1) vs Big South (1)
01/01/19: Fiesta Bowl - MAC (1) vs MWC (1)
01/01/19: Rose Bowl - Big 10 (1) vs PAC 10 (1)
01/01/19: Orange Bowl - AAC (1) vs ACC (1)
01/07/19: College Football Playoff National Championship

How does this affect Notre Dame?
In short, it benefits them. We would still have our deal with the ACC and play 5 teams from their conference per year. We could continue playing our rivals and would not have to worry about people complaining that we don't have to play a conference championship game. We'd also continue to be tied into their bowl game agreements.

Did I miss anything? How would you guys ultimately like to have it set up?

Maloy49 · Nov 30, 2018