
It’s also an opportunity to rebuild a neighborhood with sensible boundaries that create common ground among people who already live and work together. Removing FCS opponents from the schedule will reduce the number of hide-your-eyes massacres.)Īs for regional identity: This isn’t solely about making travel easier and safer for athletes and more affordable for athletic directors, although both factors are more significant now than at any time this century. Some 2019 numbers: 37 games involving SEC teams decided by 30 points or more 36 involving ACC teams 35 involving the Big Ten 19 involving the Big 12 and 16 involving the Pac-12. There already are plenty of blowouts on a weekly basis. (If you’re concerned about a proliferation of mismatches in this conference alignment, you haven’t been paying attention. The semifinals and championship game are conducted under the current CFP format. Quarterfinals are played the next week at the home stadiums of seeds 1–4. The top four receive a first-round bye, while seeds 5–8 host seeds 9–12 at their home stadiums the first weekend of December. All 10 conference champions, plus two at-large teams chosen by a selection committee, advance to the expanded College Football Playoff.There will be no conference championship games.

The nonconference opponent will be locked in for a minimum of four seasons before there is an opt-out to schedule someone different.
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