24 team CFP back on table for 2027 season

I’d prefer 16. However I’m not against 24 but I’m not in favor of sec or big 10 being guaranteed so many spots which was one of the early proposals. Do 24 then give to best 24. End of the day it’s all about $ so I expect them to go this route just like the decision to expand March madness which no one was asking for.

the people opposed to expanding to 24 teams are the same people that believe men went to the moon.

Just quit wasting time and get it to 24 ASAP, that's where it'll end up anyway.

iahawkeyes17 said:

I’d prefer 16. However I’m not against 24 but I’m not in favor of sec or big 10 being guaranteed so many spots which was one of the early proposals. Do 24 then give to best 24. End of the day it’s all about $ so I expect them to go this route just like the decision to expand March madness which no one was asking for.

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I don't like the 24 team proposal but I agree with you that 16 seems the right number. No guranteed spots and everyone should have to play the same number of games to win it.

I wrote in a previous thread that the NCAA seems hellbent on expansion of the football playoffs. Now we have discussion with the season barely underway. Playoff expansion to 24 will diminish the regular season in ways many fans I think will come to regret.

F6n6 said:

the people opposed to expanding to 24 teams are the same people that believe men went to the moon.

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I think 24 teams is dumb and totally waters down the quality of play. I also do not believe we landed on the moon.

WeBeHerkin said:

Kirk has said he is totally good going to 24 teams.

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If you recall Kirk qualified that by saying "We've let the genie out of the bottle we just as well go to 24". The 24 team proposal came from the Big 10 commissioner when the NCAA first proposed that the SEC and Big 10 sort it out and come to a concensus in January.

I would expect Kirk to go along with what the conference wants publicly regardless of what he may actually think about it. Not that it matters what Kirk thinks on this issue in the grand scheme of things.

WeBeHerkin said:

Agreed to a 30 day window now to discuss. All big ten teams would have to play 10 games against Power 4 teams. Iowa already meets that criteria.

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It should be 24. That's more in line with every other division of college football, including D III. But it should never expand beyond 24, at least not in any foreseeable future.

WeBeHerkin said:

Kirk has said he is totally good going to 24 teams.

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And, on this point, I agree with KF.

I am good with 24 under the following scenario:

P4 conferences limited to CFP only. Don't make it? Too bad, too sad. EXCEPT...

TEN (10)Bowl Games:
--NO P4 teams, G6 etc only EXCEPT loser of a P4 CCG with 10+ wins "eligible"
--Teams that win CCG but don't make CFP guaranteed a bowl game
--Teams that lose CCG AND winner of that game makes CFP are also guaranteed
--Use CFP rankings for the rest

Theoretically, you could have 4 B1G, 4 $EC, 4 ACC, and 4 Big XII teams, although very unlikely. That would leave 8 spots for pseudo-P5 Pac 12 and rest of G6. At which point, CFP slots the 10 bowl games from rest of pool.

All but 2 bowl games completed by 12/24. CFP would start BEFORE bowl games, but be the spotlight AFTER bowl games completed. The last 2 bowl games played 12/30 or 12/31 (when one or the other falls on Sunday), then 1/1 and after are just CFP games.

Also, move Army-Navy to Thanksgiving Day, and get with the NFL to have ONE game that day. Make Thanksgiving Day ALL about the Army-Navy game during the day, then have one NFL game late afternoon/early evening. IMO, having the Army-Navy game the same day as the Heisman all but says "No military academy guys for Heisman", which kinda sucks. Make Heisman ceremony an award ceremony for top players in D3, D2, FCS, Heisman, then cap it with official awarding of Commander-In-Chief trophy for best military academy team.

How's THAT for brevity?