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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/FlareEK on 2025-12-21 00:24:19+00:00.
For those of you who don’t follow FCS football (you should, it’s awesome) it’s a 24 team bracket where every conference champion is given an autobid with the rest of the teams being at large bids. If you applied this model to the FBS, there would be 10 autobids and 14 at large bids. This year, the playoff would consist of: * Indiana (B1G Champion) * Ohio State * Georgia (SEC Champion) * Texas Tech (Big XII Champion) * Ole Miss * Texas A&M * Oklahoma * Alabama * Miami * Notre Dame * BYU * Texas * Vanderbilt * Utah * USC * Arizona * Michigan * Tulane (American Champion) * JMU (Sun Belt Champion) * Duke (ACC Champion) * Western Michigan (MAC Champion) * Boise State (Mountain West Champion) * Kennesaw State (C-USA Champion)
People often argue that giving the G5 autobids leaves out teams that have a chance from being included in the playoff, but given we are headed in the direction of expansion anyway, I don’t think you can argue in good faith that a team outside of this field has a reasonable chance at a national championship. Additionally, it reemphasizes the importance of winning your conference since in all scenarios it guarantees you a bid.
To say that the first round would be blowouts is fair, but these games often aren’t good anyway. This system functionally guarantees any team with a reasonable argument to have a chance at a national championship has the chance to prove it on the field.
If you want to admit that the playoffs main purpose is to make for TV, then sure, leave the G5 out. I don’t see how you can argue against this system while believing the purpose of ESPN’s post season invitational tournament called the College Football Playoff should be to determine the true national champion.