BYU Football: A case for a 20, yes 20 team playoff going forward

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Jan 12, 2020; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; The National Championship trophy seen before the head coaches press conference for the CFP with LSU Tigers head coach Ed Orgeron and Clemson Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney at the Sheraton New Orleans, Grand Ballroom. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports /

The Problem is Fixed

In all likelihood, this would end other bowl games. However, from an interest standpoint, going into the final week of the season, there would be at least two teams fully invested going into the Conference Championships from all ten conferences.

That alone is 20 teams.

Throw in the teams that are ranked between No. 7-25ish and that adds another 15-20 teams. In total, we could realistically have 30-35 teams fully invested at the end of November and beginning of December.

We could also throw in another 20-30 teams who would still have a realistic path to the Playoff at the end of October. A team could be 4-4 overall, but 2-2 in conference and have a path to finish 6-2 in conference and potentially have a shot to play for a spot in the Playoff.

Imagine that, 70 teams on Halloween weekend who still have a path, albeit in some cases very slim, to play in the College Football Playoff.

Compare that to now where in the first CFP Rankings there were only nine teams who were given a 5% chance or better of making the Playoff.

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Is this model perfect? Maybe not, but it is something to start off with and I personally believe that it would fix the issue that we have with teams losing interest mid season and players opting out of NY6 and other bowl games.

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