College Football 2026

Reggie_Essent said:
No worries. I was just curious why you're such a fan of a school in Indiana.
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I explained that to the lady I watched that now very famous game with yesterday.
. It has nothing to do with anything but a childhood admiration of the team.
Now, you being in my age class (yes, readers, he is) will recall back in the days of our ute when there was channels, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 13. In them olden times, sports to view were very limited, and often the games aired were those of the nations best. I was also a fan of the Celtics, and admirer of their excellence in play.
If you watch sports and enjoy the game, the play, you can do that by watching any game and appreciating it, the coaching, the strategy, the athletics etc., but something is added by a rooting interest. I grew up watching the Yankees - there was no Mets, the Giants and Dodger were gone when I first took interest. So if I bother with blingball at all, it's to take note of how they are doing.
. It has nothing to do with anything but to provide a rooting interest.
 
The move to 24 teams, long expected a formality in college football circles, will eliminate the popular and lucrative conference championship games. The SEC originated the conference championship game in 1992, and it had been an annual source of significant revenue for the conference in the neighborhood of $100 million. The CFP is currently in its third year of the 12-team playoff format. Next year will be the debut of a doubled field of 24 teams.
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Terrible mistake for college football. This is going to ruin the regular season for me. Why watch a games like Alabama and Georgia, Notre Dame and Miami or Ohio State and Indiana when these teams might meet when it counts in the playoffs?

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25

SEC(8) ranked teams): No. 1 Georgia, No. 7 Alabama, No. 8 Texas, No. 9 Tennessee, No. 13 Kentucky, No. 19 Ole Miss, No. 20 South Carolina, No. 24 LSU
Big Ten (6): No. 4 UCLA, No. 6 Indiana, No. 15 USC, No. 16 Iowa, No. 18 Oregon, No. 21 Ohio State
Big 12 (5): No. 2 Utah, No. 10 Texas Tech, No. 12 BYU, No. 14 Houston, No. 22 Arizona
ACC (3): No. 5 Miami, No. 11 Wake Forest, No. 25 SMU
Independent (1): No. 3 Notre Dame
Pac-12 (1): No. 17 Boise State
Mountain West (1): No. 23 New Mexico
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For example. If this was the CFP 24 team field, basically we will be watching The SEC, Big Ten and Big 12. In the SEC its possible we will get Georgia vs.Alabama (twice), Georgia vs. Texas (twice), Georgia vs. LSU (twice), Georgia vs. Ole Miss (twice). Where does this leave the ACC and Mountain West. What it means for me is The ACC regular season becomes important again. There is no way the a ACC school will not meet in the playoffs next year in this format.
 
17 games is too much for a college football team/the players to play.
24 team playoff is stupid anyway.
How well did the 20 and 24th ranked teams do last year when they were wrongly included in the playoffs? They got squashed, why, because there is a vast difference in the quality of a top 8 team and the 20th, or even 15th.
 
The only reason for a 24 team playoff is to get more money since they have to pay players now. Schools in the SEC and Big Ten are just going to get better (More money) by playing more games to squeeze out the smaller conferences. A couple months ago The SEC threaten to leave The NCAA.

15. USC 7-2,
16. Iowa 7-2,
17. Boise State 8-1,
18. Oregon 6-3,
19. Ole Miss 6-3,
20. South Carolina 6-3.
21. Ohio State 6-3,
22. Arizona 7-2,
23. New Mexico 8-1,
24. LSU 6-3,
25. SMU 7-2
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What's going to happen is 6 to 8 teams are going to the 24 team playoffs with 4 to 6 Losses. What are the chances of those teams making an impact? This is not The NCAA Basketball tourny. NC State upset Houston in 1983 when they went 3-0 in The ACC Tournament and 6-0 in The NCAA's.
 
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Holliday 3000 said:
CFP rankings - Today 9PM ET.
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Okay - It can be lived with. Don't really get the move up by Alabama, but I suppose the committee had to keep ND out of the top 4 somehow.

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I don't get it: Miami dropped 6 spots to #7 after losing to #11 Notre Dame? | Texas #6 losing to 2 unranked teams (Oklahoma and Florida back to back)?? | Indiana went from #4 to #9? after being idle? | Alabama #3? | Notre Dame from #11 to #5 after a miracle win #1 Miami??
 
College Football Playoff Rankings | Week 11

* Georgia (8-1) moved into the No. 1 spot in the College Football Playoff selection committee rankings.
* Undefeated Utah (9-0) is No. 2
* Alabama (7-2) moved up two spots to No. 3.
* UCLA (9-0) jumped four spots to No. 4
* Notre Dame (8-1) moved up six spots from No. 11 to No. 5,
* Texas(7-2) is now No. 6
* The Miami Hurricanes (8-1) dropped six spots to No. 7
* Tennessee (7-2) jumped up five spots to No. 8
* Indiana (8-1) fell five spots to No. 9 despite having an open
* BYU (7-2), which lost to Utah 28-20 on Saturday, moved down just one spot to No. 10.
* No. 11 Kentucky (7-2) lost to Tennessee 34-6,
* No. 12 Texas Tech (8-1) round out the top 12.
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The Atlantic Coast Conference is going to play a major role for Miami and Notre Dame in CFP.

Miami might be up shit creek without a paddle. They snuck out of Chapel Hill NC, with a win over North Carolina (38-35). They play Duke (4-2 ACC, 7-2 Overall) saturday which is no easy task. I smell an upset. Miami ends the season with Virginia Tech and Boston College

Notre Dame will end its season on a ACC schedule: vs. Boston College, vs. SMU, @ Syracuse. Maybe there's an upset from one of those teams?. I'm sure Eagles, Mustangs and the Orange will play their best football against the Irish. Notre Dame 3-0 against The ACC (@ North Carolina (W 37-26), vs. Stanford (W 58-7), vs. #1 Miami (W 31-24)
 
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