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Here is a wild idea. Get rid of the committee which is filled with dishonest idiots and just take the top 12 in the AP poll. Probably solve a lot of problems https://t.co/0vbRtmPAUc pic.twitter.com/6q5tY88XA3
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) December 7, 2025

3 loses
2 double digit loses
1 double digit loss to an unranked team

This resume would’ve removed 99.9% of teams from CFP contention, not bama though!— crackertalksball (@PHDcracker) December 7, 2025

I think Dave Portnoy is a complete jack@$$, but he might have this right.

I agree with Portnoy, that the Committee is the problem... but his solution of taking the Top 12 in the AP poll is just trading one set of opinions for another. It is the opinions that are the problem!

Here's the ACTUAL solution...

Now, notice that Miami isn't crying about failing to make their Conference playoff. Why? Because the rules were set clearly in advance. That's exactly what has to be done in the CFP. The Conference Champions get in. Period. The Power 4 Champions, and the 4 best Champions of the remaining Conferences. Eight Teams. 3 rounds. National Champion. (Notre Dame can sit their ass at home forever until they join a conference as they have in every other sport.)

Now the only complaints come from the Conference-USA vs Sun Belt vs MAC winners... and that call can be made by the ADs of the schools in the Conferences that are NOT getting a team into the playoff. Easy. Fair. Known in advance. No opinion polls, except for the final Cinderella... and they all know that they're lucky to even be in the conversation.

Now every game matters. Every Conference matters. Conference championships matter. There are no arguments. There are no Blue Bloods getting in when they haven't earned a damn thing. Done.

Yes, the first round games will mostly be routs of Cinderella hopefuls. So? Every tournament in every sport has mostly first round routs. Football is only different because of the opinions and the bog money involved. But if you want the incessant whining and complaints to end, that is the obvious and proper way to do it.

But since money rules, and trimming the Playoff to 8 would lose revenues, then the next best is expansion to 16, take all 12 Conference Champions, and the 4 highest rated after that... but then you get the whining again.

(The PAC-12 will get more teams once the struggling schools realize that there's another guaranteed spot available there. Hey ND! Here's a spot for you!)