[Perdogg]

This is what burns me up. At least the NFL has an objective method of seeding teams. We will soon discover how big of a joke these playoffs are.

It will be Notre Dame (which is not part of conference) plus three teams each year.

[Straight Vermonter]

It will be Notre Dame (which is not part of conference) plus three teams each year.

I have the same concern. That is why the BCS system with a 4 team playoff would be better than either the existing system or the new system.

[Flycatcher]

Even the old BCS system was *somewhat* objective, as a third of each team's rankings came from computer rankings (say what you will about that).

But the new playoff system rankings are entirely subjective, based solely on human whims.

This could get ugly.

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

“At least the NFL has an objective method of seeding teams.”

Objective? Is that why an 11 - 5 team has to play an away game against a team that went 9 - 7?

In the NFL conferences should be realigned every year, top to bottom. That would be ‘objective’. ;-)

[Steve_Seattle]

"This is what burns me up. At least the NFL has an objective method of seeding teams. We will soon discover how big of a joke these playoffs are."

' The "objective" NFL format would seed a 15-1 team that finished second in its division lower than an 8-8 team that won it's division. What is your formula for an "objective" NCAA Division 1 format that includes about a dozen conferences and about 120 teams? With - say - two 12-0 teams and three 11-1 teams and 7 10-2 teams and 10 9-3 teams, what is your "objective method for determining who gets in the playoffs?

[Gunslingr3]

It will be Notre Dame (which is not part of conference) plus three teams each year.

I'm not sure how much you watch college football, but Notre Dame has lost at least 3 games a year in 19 out of the last 20 seasons.

Their odds of getting into the playoff are actually pretty slim, especially when so many of the decision makers have conference affiliations, and are giving credit to conference winners.

The major issue is how the money will be divvied, and whether or not (or how often) the SEC gets two teams into the playoff, and thereby a much bigger chunk of the spoils. Make no mistake, the playoff is about getting more of the money to the top5 conferences.