CEB
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initially, I thought this didn’t look too bad… As I give it a little more thought, I see what they’ve actually done. The addition of two teams adds two more teams from the SEC and BIG. Also, a 14 team bracket allows a bye to only the top two seeds. Those will almost assuredly be the SEC and BIG champions. They have slipped in two more of their teams and taken away the bye that would’ve been afforded to the ACC and B12 (or possibly G5) conf. champions.The latest proposal for a 14 team playoff includes 11 auto bids:
3 SEC
3 B1G
2 ACC
2 BigXII
1 G5
3 at large
I would rather see them go ahead with 16 teams using this set up and take five at large, just so there is not the additional benefit of a bye for SEC and BIG champ.
Say what you will about the 1 vs 16 and the 2 vs 15, but I would rather see them play a game.