Fixing the BCS Mess

Every year as the college football season winds down, we hear the debate between the current BCS System or a possible playoff system.  I cannot miss this opportunity to offer my solution for a BCS playoff system.

In my playoffs, the 11 conference champions receive an automatic bid while 5 at-large teams are chosen from the BCS standings.  Once the teams enter the tournament, BCS rankings determine the seeding.  While the first round should be played at the home field of the higher seed, the quarterfinals, semifinals and the finals will be played at current bowl sites.  Any team that does not qualify for the playoffs may accept a bid to non-BCS bowl game.

Here is how my playoff system would set up for this season.  As you will see, there would be some great match ups in each round of the tournament.  If you agree that major college football needs a true champion, please pass this along.

These are the 2010 Conference Champions:

Conference	Champion	Record	BCS
ACC	Virginia Tech	11-2	13
Big 12	Oklahoma	11-2	7
Big East	Connecticut	8-4	NR
Big Ten	Wisconsin*	12-1	5
CUSA	Central Florida	10-3	25
MAC	Miami (OH)	9-4	NR
MWC	TCU	12-0	3
Pac 10	Oregon	12-0	2
SEC	Auburn	13-0	1
Sun Belt	FIU	7-5	NR
WAC	Nevada**	12-1	15

*The Big Ten: Wisconsin, Ohio State and Michigan State all tied for the conference title with the same conference and overall records.  Wisconsin receives the Automatic Bid as the team with the highest BCS ranking.

** The WAC: Nevada, Boise State and Hawaii all share the conference title.  Nevada receives the automatic bid with the best overall record.



These are the 2010 At-Large Bids:

At-Large Bid	Record	BCS
Stanford	11-1	4
Ohio State	12-1	6
Arkansas	10-2	8
Michigan State	12-1	9
LSU	10-2	10

Based on each team's BCS Ranking, the official bracket would produce these first round games (played on December 11 at the home of the higher seed):

(1) Auburn vs. (16) Florida International

(8) Arkansas vs. (9) Michigan State

(5) Wisconsin vs. (12) Nevada

(4) Stanford vs. (13) Miami (OH)

(3) TCU vs. (14) Central Florida

(6) Ohio State vs. (11) Virginia Tech

(7) Oklahoma vs. (10) LSU

(2) Oregon vs. (15) Connecticut

Quarterfinals Locations on December 18
1v8 Peach Bowl (Atlanta)
4v5 Fiesta Bowl (Tempe)
3v6 Capital One Bowl (Orlando)
2v7 Cotton Bowl (Dallas)

Semifinals Locations on December 25
1v4 Orange Bowl (Miami)
2v3 Sugar Bowl (New Orleans)

National Championship Game on January 3

@ The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California

Let's decide our national champions on the field!