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Message: [QUOTE="Archbold44, post: 5649914, member: 10528"] My proposal remains: [LIST=1] [*]Committee ranks teams 1 through 30. [*]Top 11 make it. If that is ND, they are in. If that is UConn, they are in. If that is Boise State, they are in. If that is 6 SEC teams, so be it. [*]CCG weekend is changed to play-in games for the top 2 in each (edit) P4 that are not ranked in top 11. At the old CCG sites for each P4 conference. And then create a G5 play-in that weekend also. Top 2 G5 teams that are not top 11. [*]After CCG weekend, seeds 1 through 8 host seeds 9 through 16. Top seed likely hosts G5. This past year, the ACC probably would have been the #15 seed. [/LIST] Result: Compromise between B1G desire for 24 with play-ins and SEC desire for 16 with 11 at-larges Top 8 teams get a home game. That matters for regular season... as teams 9 through 11 go on the road, despite not having to play-in. CCG weekend has 5 "win or go home games," ensuring that every P4 conference is represented, along with a G5. And conferences get to keep that revenue-generating game. ND is not given special treatment, but has a clear path forward in its 10+ win seasons. 9 win ND probably loses actually, as it has no chance to play-in if ranked below 11. But them is the breaks. G5 has at least 2 teams every year playing a win or go home game. This past year... the committee probably would have gone with Ohio State, Indiana, Georgia, Texas Tech, Oregon, Ole Miss, A&M, Oklahoma, Miami, ND, Alabama as the top 11 in that order if using THIS system. And then Tulane v James Madison for 16th seed (visiting Ohio State)... Virginia v Georgia Tech for 15th seed (visiting Indiana)... Michigan v USC for 14th seed (visiting Georgia)... Texas v Vandy for 13th seed (visiting Texas Tech)... and BYU v Utah for 12th seed (visiting Oregon). Then Ole Miss hosts ND... A&M hosts Miami (as it did) and Oklahoma hosts Alabama (as it did). That makes for some pretty cool games. Texas Tech hosting Texas? BYU or Utah traveling to nearby Oregon? Michigan/USC at Georgia? By trying to make the conference play-in winners face teams from other conferences, it works out kind of interestingly. How is this not a win-win across the board for everyone's interests? [/QUOTE]

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