Will the automatic bids last?

[NDgreatestofalltime!]

A topic I discussed with buddies this evening. Most of them Buckeye fans, a few other Domers, and a few Skunkbears.

Collectively, it seemed most thought the automatic bids for the the top four conference champions was looking worse as the season progressed.

You could have teams that aren’t ranked in next weeks top 10 get a top four seed. ISU, UNLV, ASU, Clemson, etc. That seems like a disastrous finality for the CFB Playoff. My buddies are mostly B1G fans and they felt the same way. Not that any of us has an ounce of sway on the topic but all but one thought it should just be the top four teams ranked in order.

There seems to be a lot of fan dissatisfaction on social media over this right now too. I was curious how everyone here feels on this issue.

Additionally , we wondered if we’ll see an end to conference championship games. It doesn’t seem like there’s a lot of benefit for most teams to make it into one minus a team like Clemson who has no shot at a playoff unless they win the ACC title match.

UGA/UT will both be in regardless, Oregon/PSU same thing. Urban Meyer was questioning how it benefits any teams due to the exposure of more injuries going into a condensed playoff time frame. He said “you had 35-40 days before your playoff game last year, now it’s half that even if you get a bye.”

 

[Chitown11]

Yes, the automatics need to be eliminated. That was fine and dandy when you actually had 4-5 power conferences. Now we have two(BIG/SEC). They need to fix this.

 

[THUNDERSTRUCK111]

If we schedule correctly we can take advantage of this opportunity.
We don’t need to schedule a big game every week. ( ala Texas ) A schedule like this years would be perfect. Just get to 10-2 11-1 and you’re in.
Let the sec and big 10 beat each other up.
Get up big vs cupcakes. Let your starters rest and not risk injury’s. Get the 2nd 3rd team lots of reps ( great for future starters ) and some surprise talent stepping up.
Just make the playoff and go from there.

 

[NDgreatestofalltime!]

If we schedule correctly we can take advantage of this opportunity.
We don’t need to schedule a big game every week. ( ala Texas ) A schedule like this years would be perfect. Just get to 10-2 11-1 and you’re in.
Let the sec and big 10 beat each other up.
Get up big vs cupcakes. Let your starters rest and not risk injury’s. Get the 2nd 3rd team lots of reps ( great for future starters ) and some surprise talent stepping up.
Just make the playoff and go from there.

Then you’ll have the fans like we see on this board bitching and moaning about the schedule.

They’re never happy, if we play just a few big games “this schedule sucks.”, if we play 6 good teams “our schedule is too difficult to make the playoffs.”

I agree, schedule middlings, and some cupcakes. This years schedule would be perfect with one other top 15 match, like a B12 opponent ISU, BYU, etc..

Next year at least on paper anyways, ND has a tough first six weeks. @Miami, A&M, @Arkansas, Boise State, USC..

 

[mva5580]

I can be more on board with them just being general automatic bids then them being guaranteed the 1-4 spots. Oregon/Texas, fine. But in no way at all should SMU/Clemson and Boise State/Arizona State be rewarded with a bye. It's almost like the opposite of ND not being in a conference and due to that they can't finish any higher than 5th. Teams that play in obviously inferior conferences shouldn't also be eligible to finish 1-4 just because they're in a conference.

If we schedule correctly we can take advantage of this opportunity.
We don’t need to schedule a big game every week. ( ala Texas ) A schedule like this years would be perfect. Just get to 10-2 11-1 and you’re in.
Let the sec and big 10 beat each other up.
Get up big vs cupcakes. Let your starters rest and not risk injury’s. Get the 2nd 3rd team lots of reps ( great for future starters ) and some surprise talent stepping up.
Just make the playoff and go from there.

Which is why as time goes on, conferences are going to be more and more upset with ND not being in a conference. Something is going to give eventually.