No human or computer rankings. Just let them fight it out for 6 weeks. No debate about who deserves it because they provide it on the field. There still would 6 weeks for non-conference or conference opponents before the Power 5 playoffs begin.
There are 65 Power-5 conference schools.
Why not set up a March Madness-like bracket every season?
Have #64 and #65 have a play-in game to reduce field to 64 teams.
Schedule all 64 teams in advance as #1 vs. #64, #2 vs. 63, etc. the first week of the playoffs.
In the 2nd week, the 32 winners are paired and the 32 losers.
In the 3rd week, the 16 winners are paired, the new losers are paired, all 64 teams play.
In the 4th week, the 8 winners are paired and the rest paired by their rankings at that time based on how they did in the games so far.
In the 5th week, the 4 winners are paired and everyone else lined up according to how they did in the brackets.
In the 6th week, the 2 winners are paired for the national title game and everyone else lined up according to how they did in the brackets.
That leaves 6 weeks to schedule non-conference teams.
The current season's W-L outcomes determine how the teams are ranked in the following season so they will know in advance who they play in week 7 to start this climb to a true national champion.
In every case the higher ranked team would be the home team.
I know, too logical. But think of the suspense from week to week as the 6 Saturdays of the Power 5 tournament are played out!
There are 65 Power-5 conference schools.
Why not set up a March Madness-like bracket every season?
Have #64 and #65 have a play-in game to reduce field to 64 teams.
Schedule all 64 teams in advance as #1 vs. #64, #2 vs. 63, etc. the first week of the playoffs.
In the 2nd week, the 32 winners are paired and the 32 losers.
In the 3rd week, the 16 winners are paired, the new losers are paired, all 64 teams play.
In the 4th week, the 8 winners are paired and the rest paired by their rankings at that time based on how they did in the games so far.
In the 5th week, the 4 winners are paired and everyone else lined up according to how they did in the brackets.
In the 6th week, the 2 winners are paired for the national title game and everyone else lined up according to how they did in the brackets.
That leaves 6 weeks to schedule non-conference teams.
The current season's W-L outcomes determine how the teams are ranked in the following season so they will know in advance who they play in week 7 to start this climb to a true national champion.
In every case the higher ranked team would be the home team.
I know, too logical. But think of the suspense from week to week as the 6 Saturdays of the Power 5 tournament are played out!