There will never be a playoff system, because the bowl games bring in too much money to the conferences. The free market should determine who gets the more prestigious, higher-paying bowl games - not some cartel.
For the Auburn fans, take heart that your team posted one of the best records ever. However, if SC beats Oklahome this evening, they will go down in sports history as one of the best teams of all time - the only blot on their record in two years being an overtime loss to Cal last year.
It comes down to TV draw. USC draws more interest than Auburn or Utah.
We already have a playoff and James Madison University are the only national champions of college football, until D I-A gets their house in order.
I agree that some form of playoffs would make things "better", but there would also be a brand new group of unhappy campers who belong more than the next guy. And still, if you ask non-Tiger or Ute fans they'll tell you OU and USC are the top 2 teams...
One thing we know for sure....
The Big 12 is overrated.
OU HAD NO BUSINESS BEING IN THE NATIONAL TITLE GAME.
OU HAS NO DEFENSE.
USC WOULD HAVE NEVER DONE THAT TO AUBURN'S DEFENSE.
OU is ZERO U.
2nd Year in a row...that OU was in a Title game that they had no business being in.
The one National Title game that Stoops won....OU did not play the team that should have been there...MIAMI. And Miami would have beaten OU that year.
IT should have been USC v Auburn in the Orange Bowl.
The BCS is a joke.