In your opinion should the NCAA do away with the BCS and go to a playoff format like in the NFL?

it is always good to have a playoff, head to head match up, in sports. allowing some computer system, and before that a group of voters, to select who the best team never really resolves who is the best. it does leave a lot for debate every year, which i think is whycollegefootball allows the system to remain. however, forcing the teams to playoff would leave no doubt as to who the champion really was at the end of the year. sports fans always have a debate available---would this team have beaten this team if...---but a playoff would allow the sports fan to say, 'well, they did win the championship.' that is important for the fan and player alike and i thinkcollegefootball is missing the boat when they do not consider changing the bcs to a playoff system.

In your opinion should the NCAA do away with the BCS and go to a playoff format like in the NFL?nba updates

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In your opinion should the NCAA do away with the BCS and go to a playoff format like in the NFL?nba tickets ,nba teams

YESSSSS!
Yes they should, but due to the massive amounts of money the BCS generates, they probably won't any time soon.

But what they could do, is to actually have it be a "series" in a playoff format, have the four traditional BCS bowls, with the 6 conference champions and two at-large teams, then have them play the first round in the traditional BCS bowls, then the winners move on to the "BCS Semifinal Matchups". The two winners then go to the "BCS National Championship Game", that we already have.
To many conferences incollegeto do an NFL format you would have to bunch teams together to make 6 or 8 conferences it sounds good though . how would you do it make a Febuary Madness bracket type play-off

in the NFL you are seeded how you finished record wise

incollegeit's strength of schedule

Ohio State

USC

Florida

Miami

all go undefeated all D-1 schools and say a team like Akron goes undefeated how would you put them in the bracket
yep, the BSC is crap, look how successful March Madness is.
Absolutely.
it would be a good idea except there are what 30 teams in the NFL there are alot more Division 1 NCAA teams.
I agree that a revision should be made in which the Bowl games that is the 8 bigger bowl games would face off in a 8 team single elimination and that winner is National Champion. (Bowl games would be Sugar, Orange, Rose . Fiesta, Cotton, and 3 others )
Thge NCAA should scrap the BCS system, but it won't. The main reason is money. The NCAA gets a lot of money from the television revenue out of all of these (mostly useless) Bowl games.

Logistics is not an excuse. The old division I-AA has more teams than I-A and they are able to play a tounrament/playoff. I believe a playoff system would be more exciting as well as a lot more fair. But because it is all about money and vested interests. It will never happen ... at least not anytime soon.

Speaking of I-AA/FCS, GO MINUTEMEN!
NOPE... too many teams(even "bowl-eligible") to do that in an efficient way...
Like as has been mentioned. the NFL has only 32 teams, 2 conferences of 4 divs each, 4 teams in each div

NCAA has 119 Div 1 teams in I believe 11 conferences some with 1 div some with 2 anywhere from 5 to 13 teams.

A lot harder to come up with an equitable playoff.

Also NCAA has no affiliation with BCS or any NC claim in football. It is a separate organization that the individual colleges buy into.

So how many teams do you want to put into this playoff?

Keep in mind each factor of two in the playoff adds another game to those making it that far, and we are talking kids who already play 13-14 games.

Also, how are you going to seed these playoffs?

And for ex, you say 16 teams,, if there are 12 teams that are undefeated and have 1 loss, and 12 with 2 losses how do you choose the 4 two loss teams that make the playoff?

You would have to go right back to the polls, computers etc.
Yes. The 2003 season is a very good example of why.
a playoff format has several drawbacks. it would extend the season by at least 3 games. this makes it harder for student athletes to complete the student part of the equation. you would still need a system to determine who makes it and who doesnt. there are over 100 teams in the ncaa, the most teams in a league that uses playoffs is 32. the best team may not win. a team with 2 or 3 losses might get hot at the end of the season, or a team with a perfect record might get an injury, so the winning team may not be the best. however, the bcs can be improved. first off, NO PRESEASON POLLS. this ensures that all the teams start at 0 and earn everything. rankings should not be considered until at least the third week of play. playoffs would result in loss of revenue for many schools. bowls give teams with 3 or 4 losses a chance to play in december, and give players from those teams a chance to make a good impression before the draft. the bcs should be restructured so that any school is eligible to play in the championship game. teams who want to do well in the bcs schedule harder non conference schedules to earn the bonus points. if lsu didnt lose, and oregon didnt lose, they would easily be ahead of ohio state. the bcs forces teams to play hard every week. no taking time off to rest players once a playoff spot is clinched. so basically, there are too many teams and scenarios to make playoffs feasible forcollegefootball. and bcs makes for dramatic football all the way through the season and rewards the teams who produce a body of work, not just a few key games.
It would give more teams a chance to show how good they are so i think they should
Definitely. The current system is not fair to those teams who have tougher schedules. The rankings should not be based on polls.
it seems to work with all thosecollegebasketball teams. you'd have a playoff selection committee or just use the current BCS system. the and 1 thing looks good with only 1 more game after the bowl games but a full playoff is ideal. there is no drawback except for the money issue.
HECK YES!
I don't think that will ever happen. With a playoff there would be only one winner, but if a given team exceeds expectations and is thus invited to a bowl game they are winners even if they lose. Besides, what about the traditional match ups like Notre Dame vs. Michigan? Would there be enough room in the schedule? There would be just too much money lost if there was a playoff system for it too ever happen.
YES!!!
Yes and itd be seeded and when they reach the elite eight they'd choose it like the bcs bowls (Choose which ones would play each other, one game would be the Rose Bowl another the Sugar, Ect.) Of Course the winner of those would make it to the final four and then the BCS Championship Game

Course i don't mind the current system, it makes the regular season much better and with a playoff the same teams would be in the playoffs and some of the interesting lower tier teams wouldn't be playing
ABSOLUTELY! The BCS is B.S.! This year you are going to have a bunch of one loss teams that should have a chance to play the championship game. What a shame!

Even division 1-aa have playoffs! isn't division 1collegefootball the only sport not to have a playoff for a true champion. what a joke! I think the playoff system would make more money than the bowl system. Have a 16 format. it would be must see tv just like all the other playoffs! $$$$$$$$!
Well yeah! And, the thumbs down haters are just Ohio State fans that know their team wouldn't make it to a BCS game with a playoff system.
i will reserve my opinion on the subject and give you someone else's opinion.

the guy below me emailed me and told me his real opinion is that we should stick with the bowl system because a playoff system would get rid of a lot of the message board discussions about who really is the best team (this year).
Playoff system will not generate money.

We all know USC is the best team ever. Why should we have a playoff system