If LSU had lost the 2011 regular season game to Bama the Tigers would still have been #2 in the BCS rankings
I have a problem with anyone who does not win a conference playing for the top spot. I would like to see a playoff that gets rid of the human voting and puts all the conference winners in a bracket to play for the NC. If you are not the best in conference then your not best in country. Just my opinion. With that said they (Bama) may still win the conference, but as of yet they are third behind LSU and whoever wins the east.
You have 10 conferences. That's too many additional games. What about an independent like Notre Dame?
I think, eventually, there will be four "super" conferences for football. They will have sixteen teams, play very limited OOC schedules, but play everyone in their 8-team division, along with a championship game (that would do away with nonsense like LSU having to potentially beat Florida twice to win the SEC.) Notre Dame would be "forced" to join the Big 10, which is where they should be, anyway. I figure there will be the Big 10, the SEC, the Pac 12, and either the ACC or Big 12 (but probably the ACC.) Texas, OSU, and OU would probably join the SEC at some point, for instance. The fact is that some conferences, like Conference USA, don't have any business getting a team into the college football playoffs.
Take away 2 OOC games during the year and the cross conference games and that's 3 extra you could play. Only play the cupcake for homecoming. As far as ND everyone should be in a conference, even the Catholics.
There are only 5 power conferences and Notre Dame is the 65th power team. Playoffs should be the 5 conference champs and 3 wild cards. Seed them accordingly and if Notre Dame makes it would be as a wild card. Last year wild cards would have been Baylor, Mississippi State, and Michigan State and TCU would have been in as the Big 12 champion. Or flip flop Baylor and TCU
StaceyO & $TigerFan$ You both make excellent points. The only problem is it will be years before they are even considered, much less implemented.
