so if there was a 4 team playoff this year, which 4 teams?

[ActLikeYouCrow]

do you go top 4 in the bcs notre dame, bama, florida, oregon. or a heavy lean to conference champs, notre dame, bama, kansas st, stanford.
what if ohio state was eligible, who's your 4th team and the reasoning behind it? just curious to see what most people would like under both scenarios with or without ohio state.

[LowerWolf]

Re: so if there was a 4 team playoff this year, which 4 teams?

Notre Dame, Alabama, Oregon and Georgia.

Georgia shouldn't be penalized for beating Florida, winning the East and playing Alabama tougher than anybody not named Texas A&M.

[Bulldawg2010]

Re: so if there was a 4 team playoff this year, which 4 teams?

Notre Dame, Alabama, Oregon and Georgia.

Georgia shouldn't be penalized for beating Florida, winning the East and playing Alabama tougher than anybody not named Texas A&M.

Agree with you about the fact that Georgia shouldn't of been penalized for giving bama a hell of a game, but getting blown out by south Carolina should have eliminated them from the title chase. If Ohio state could of went this year I would put them in instead of Georgia.

[Sportsforever]

Re: so if there was a 4 team playoff this year, which 4 teams?

Before the bowl season: Alabama, Florida, ND, Oregon

After the bowl season: Alabama, Oregon, A&M, Louisville

[Perfect Zero]

Re: so if there was a 4 team playoff this year, which 4 teams?

Alabama, Kansas State, Stanford, Wisconsin

And people would have bitched about it too.

[simgamer0005]

Re: so if there was a 4 team playoff this year, which 4 teams?

Alabama, Kansas State, Stanford, Wisconsin

And people would have bitched about it too.

So you're going strictly for conference winners (via CCGs)? Problem with this is lets say Wisconsin were to win the playoff and win the national championship. You'd have a national champion with 5 losses. that's never happened before and there's a reason why it hasn't happened. by that same logic, last year Alabama would not have made it to a 4 team playoff since they didn't win the SEC.

Before the bowl season: Alabama, Florida, ND, Oregon

I think that's fair. Interestingly, you have only 1 winner of a conference (via a CCG) out of those 4.

There's a clear difference in sports ideology between Sportsforever and Perfect Zero. Sportsforever is basically saying it doesn't matter who plays in or who wins the CCGs. Perfect Zero is putting the teams in who win the CCGs in directly. (in the case of KSU, the winner of the BigXII via tiebreaker since they don't have a CCG anymore)

I kind of agree with Sportsforever, but then again why is Florida in ahead of Georgia? Because they played the CCG? the problem is that is that in a 4 team playoff, the SEC championship game would kind of become a play-in game to the playoff. and you'd have a situation where Florida would essentially get a bye into the playoff simply because they didn't win their division in their conference. Why should the team that won their divisions (Bama, Georgia) have to play 1 more game, why should Florida get a bye?

[Suntan Superman]

Re: so if there was a 4 team playoff this year, which 4 teams?

Alabama, Kansas State, Stanford, Wisconsin

And people would have bitched about it too.

I love this. And I love any scenario that involves Wisconsin winning, and people getting a seriously bad case of UMAD.

[Wildcats302]

Re: so if there was a 4 team playoff this year, which 4 teams?

I'd say Alabama, ND, FL, Oregon...you cannot say post-bowl game because that is now how it would be done.

And to the one guy saying Wisconsin? What the heck? It is a four team playoff and a 5 loss champ would not get in over an at large team in ND who is undefeated, my God man, ND gets special treatment and will get it in the playoff as well.

Having it all conference champions is stupid...the SEC wil just win every year but it is not fair to not let 2 SEC teams in it every year like it should be. The whiny Big Ten, Big 12, Pac 12, ACC fans are pathetic with that argument..

[Wildcats302]

Re: so if there was a 4 team playoff this year, which 4 teams?

And also in the future why should the SEC have a title game...if they have two teams that are in the top 4 before it they should not have it...because it would be stupid to lose a team from the playoff because they lose to another top 4 team. You might not have a FL waiting in the wings like you did this year to get into the top 4 after the UGA loss.

I think the SEC title game is stupid to be honest...FL vs. Bama should have been the national title a few years back, was clearly the best two teams. Obviously same thing this year with UGA and Bama as well.

[Bulldawg2010]

Re: so if there was a 4 team playoff this year, which 4 teams?

And also in the future why should the SEC have a title game...if they have two teams that are in the top 4 before it they should not have it...because it would be stupid to lose a team from the playoff because they lose to another top 4 team. You might not have a FL waiting in the wings like you did this year to get into the top 4 after the UGA loss.

I think the SEC title game is stupid to be honest...FL vs. Bama should have been the national title a few years back, was clearly the best two teams. Obviously same thing this year with UGA and Bama as well.

While i don't agree with Uga being the second best team in the county I will agree that the SEC championship was the national title, just not in name. Both teams would have taken Notre dame to the wood shed. The SEC championship just determined who it would be. For me personally I think bama and Oregon were the two best teams. Playoffs aren't too long away and like someone else said people will bitch about who gets in and who doesn't.

[Amoo316]

Re: so if there was a 4 team playoff this year, which 4 teams?

Bama, UGA, Oregon, ND

[Jr.]

Re: so if there was a 4 team playoff this year, which 4 teams?

Alabama, Kansas State, Stanford, Wisconsin

And people would have bitched about it too.

Why Wisconsin over FSU?

[kayfngee]

Re: so if there was a 4 team playoff this year, which 4 teams?

Why Wisconsin over FSU?

Good Question. Wisconsin finished third in their division and benefited from Ohio State and Penn State being ineligible for the post season. Florida State actual deserved to be in their conference championship game and had a better season overall.

[bigbob]

Re: so if there was a 4 team playoff this year, which 4 teams?

1. Alabama
2. Oregon
3. Georgia
4. Texas A&M / South Carolina / Louisville

I actually can't pick a sure #4.. which is why I hope they move to an 8-team playoff a few years down the road.

[gators3xchamps]

1.Florida
2.Alabama
3.Notre Dame
4.Oregon

Florida vs Notre dame
Bama vs Oregon

Florida vs Bama