Changes to ACC playoff

[KozmasAgain]

The ACC is toying with the idea of changing who plays in the ACC title game. They are thinking about letting the regular season champion have a bye and having the 2nd and 3rd place team have a playoff. That way they would send the regular season champion and the playoff champion to the playoffs.

 

[KozmasAgain]

I thought I was on the football thread when I posted this.

 

[PushupMan]

The easier solution is to just do away with the ACCCG game (and other conference championship games) completely. Then you could expand the playoffs to 24 teams, with the 8 highest ranked teams getting byes.

 

[beantowncard]

The easier solution is to just do away with the ACCCG game (and other conference championship games) completely. Then you could expand the playoffs to 24 teams, with the 8 highest ranked teams getting byes.

Please no rankings.
I never liked 1vs2 simply because if 1 beat 2 during the season, then 2 Beats 1 in the CG, they split. Why is 2 the champ? Or, what if 1 wins the league by 2 games over 2. 2 Beats 1, but still trails by a game. Why is 2 the champ? I think you should only have a title game if two teams are tied and they haven’t played during the season.

 

[PushupMan]

Please no rankings.
I never liked 1vs2 simply because if 1 beat 2 during the season, then 2 Beats 1 in the CG, they split. Why is 2 the champ? Or, what if 1 wins the league by 2 games over 2. 2 Beats 1, but still trails by a game. Why is 2 the champ? I think you should only have a title game if two teams are tied and they haven’t played during the season.

I’d be okay with taking the top 24 based on win percentage, but I doubt you’d get buy-in from the SEC or Big Ten for that. Unfortunately, their opinion matters the most under this new playoff format.

 

[Guardman]

Well, you can be assured that the additional ACC game, if it happens, will be played in the great state of North Carolina.

 

[nccardfan]

Please no rankings.
I never liked 1vs2 simply because if 1 beat 2 during the season, then 2 Beats 1 in the CG, they split. Why is 2 the champ? Or, what if 1 wins the league by 2 games over 2. 2 Beats 1, but still trails by a game. Why is 2 the champ? I think you should only have a title game if two teams are tied and they haven’t played during the season.

Yeah but in that scenario, it seems you are more likely to get a true #1 vs #2 than what we saw in the CFP. I think most people would think we would get the greatest game played all season and no matter what you do, you may never get that, especially I think in the CFP. I think you'll see more instances of what happened to Georgia. Their QB got beat up through a more difficult regular season than say a team like Indiana and because of injury Georgia wasn't able to defend their title.