Should the college football playoff be expanded to eight teams? NO! Then how do the deserving TCU and Baylor both make the playoffs? First you make the conferences based on geography rather than business conglomerates, then you give each conference champion and other worth teams a spot in a 16-team playoff, and this is what you get.
Teams in red have qualified for the 16-team postseason playoff seeded below the standings. Teams in blue
have qualified as the worst two teams in Division 1 and must play to
see who is sent down to Division 2 for the following season. Teams are
ranked in each division using the brilliant Massey comparison rankings.
Mid-South
10-1 Alabama
10-1 Mississippi State
8-3 Ole Miss
7-4 LSU
8-3 Louisville
5-6 Tennessee
8-3 Memphis
5-6 Kentucky
3-8 Vanderbilt
Southeast
9-2 Georgia
11-0 Florida State
8-3 Auburn
9-2 Georgia Tech
8-3 Clemson
6-4 Florida
6-5 Miami
7-3 Central Florida
4-7 South Florida
Southwest
9-1 TCU
9-1 Baylor
8-3 Oklahoma
7-4 Texas A&M
6-5 Texas
5-6 Oklahoma State
4-7 Texas Tech
6-5 UTEP
3-8 UTSA
Great Lakes
10-1 Ohio State
9-2 Michigan State
7-4 Notre Dame
7-3 Cincinnati
5-6 Northwestern
5-6 Michigan
5-6 Illinois
3-8 Purdue
3-8 Indiana
Midwest
8-2 Kansas State
9-2 Wisconsin
9-2 Missouri
6-5 Arkansas
8-3 Nebraska
8-3 Minnesota
7-4 Iowa
2-8 Iowa State
3-8 Kansas
Northwest
10-1 Oregon
9-2 Boise State
7-4 Utah
7-5 Washington
7-4 BYU
8-3 Air Force
5-6 Oregon State
3-8 Washington State
2-9 Colorado
West
9-2 UCLA
9-2 Arizona
9-2 Arizona State
7-4 USC
6-5 Stanford
5-6 California
6-5 San Diego State
5-6 Fresno State
4-8 Hawaii
Atlantic
6-5 South Carolina
8-3 Duke
7-4 Maryland
6-5 North Carolina
7-3 East Carolina
5-6 Virginia
5-6 Virginia Tech
6-5 NC State
3-8 Wake Forest
Northeast
6-5 West Virginia
6-5 Boston College
6-5 Penn State
6-5 Rutgers
5-6 Pittsburgh
5-5 Navy
3-8 Syracuse
4-7 Army
2-8 Connecticut
College football playoff projections...
16 South Carolina at 1 Alabama
15 West Virginia at 2 Oregon
14 Wisconsin at 3 Mississippi State
13 Kansas State at 4 TCU
12 Michigan State at 5 Georgia
11 Ole Miss at 6 Florida State
10 Auburn at 7 Baylor
9 UCLA at 8 Ohio State
Relegation playoff to be sent down to Division 2
Connecticut at Army
