(06-11-2021 08:30 AM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  

(06-11-2021 08:03 AM)goofus Wrote:  

(04-28-2021 09:41 PM)goofus Wrote:  6 highest ranked conference champions plus 6 highest ranked at large.

4 highest ranked conference champions receive a 1st round bye.

In order to be considered a conference champion, a conference must have at least 8 teams and each conference member must play at least 7 conference games, not counting the CCG.

After 12 teams are picked,, Seeds 5 through 12 will be based on overall ranking. Teams may drop a seed to avoid 1st or 2nd round rematch, or to avoid playing a team from same conference.

First round games will be the week after CCG at CFP pre-approved sites, usually the NFL stadium closest to the higher seed

2nd round games will be bowl games, 2 on NYD and 2 on Saturday close to NYD

Semi-finals will be 2 weeks after NYD

NCG will be the Saturday the week before the Super Bowl.

Hmmm.. only 2 out of 49 voters back in April picked the format with the 6 conference champions. Not only that, I predicted that the top 4 conference champions would get the 4 byes. (Pat myself on the back now I need to get to work)

23 voters picked 5-1-6 though, and with the exception of rare occasions like 2020, functionally what has proposed will be a 5-1-6

Ahh, but there were 2 who saw to the heart of the matter and correctly predicted which of the 2 (truly, very similar) structures would be proposed.

(06-11-2021 08:03 AM)goofus Wrote:  

(04-28-2021 09:41 PM)goofus Wrote:  6 highest ranked conference champions plus 6 highest ranked at large.

4 highest ranked conference champions receive a 1st round bye.

In order to be considered a conference champion, a conference must have at least 8 teams and each conference member must play at least 7 conference games, not counting the CCG.

After 12 teams are picked,, Seeds 5 through 12 will be based on overall ranking. Teams may drop a seed to avoid 1st or 2nd round rematch, or to avoid playing a team from same conference.

First round games will be the week after CCG at CFP pre-approved sites, usually the NFL stadium closest to the higher seed

2nd round games will be bowl games, 2 on NYD and 2 on Saturday close to NYD

Semi-finals will be 2 weeks after NYD

NCG will be the Saturday the week before the Super Bowl.

Hmmm.. only 2 out of 49 voters back in April picked the format with the 6 conference champions. Not only that, I predicted that the top 4 conference champions would get the 4 byes. (Pat myself on the back now I need to get to work)

Yup. You got it right!