# College Football Playoff Thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-playoff-thread/803069>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [November 29, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-playoff-thread/803069 "2017-11-29T17:39:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-playoff-thread/803069/41 "2017-12-04T20:05:26Z")

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> [@Zakalwe](#):
>
> Here’s my idea:
> 
> 1. Expand the playoff to 8 teams (drop a non-conf game if necessary)
> 2. The committee meets to pick the playoff teams…
> 3. From the following pool **exclusively** :  
> a. The 5 Power 5 Conference Champions  
> b. The 5 Group of 5 Conference Champions  
> c. The major Independents (Notre Dame, etc)  
> d. The 5 Power 5 Conference Runners-Up (losers of the Conf. Champ game)
> 
> That’s it. Nobody else is even eligible.

What makes each conference championship game loser necessarily a better team than the second-best team in the same division as that conference’s champion?

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-playoff-thread/803069/42 "2017-12-04T20:21:50Z")

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I would like to a Clemson vs UGA. It used to be a huge rivalry game, until they stopped playing annually in 1987. They have played 8 times in the last 30 years

Clemson and UGA are only about 90 miles apart.

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