A College Football Play-Off System That Should Satisfy Both Sides

After almost two months of revisions, frustration, and polling, I have come up with a system to determine the College Football National Champion... which does not require an obviously flawed system like the BCS.

First, the six BCS champions will have automatic bids to the play-offs, but the conference layout will change for some conferences.

Conferences with no changes: SEC, ACC, Big XII

Conference Changes: All three conferences will be split into divisions and will add a conference championship game.

Pac-10: Will add both Boise St. and Utah.

Big Ten: Will add Miami (OH).

Big East: Will add both UCF and Notre Dame (subject to Change, see below).

*Every two years, schools who feel they should have a chance to replace a current BCS school will have a chance to present their case before a board made up of the executives from that particular conference .

For example, if Fresno State has two great seasons and Washington continues on their losing trend, then Fresno State could bring a case before the board in the Pac-10 to try to replace Washington for the next two seasons.

Ok, logistics are out of the way; now lets get to the system itself.

First, any teams who do not make the play-off will still be eligible to play in any remaining bowl games if they have a record of 7-5 (not 6-6).

This play-off will be an eight team play-off, with team break-downs as follows: six Conference Champions seeded 1-6. The highest ranking non-BCS conference school seeded seventh. The highest ranked team not already included will be eighth.

The dates will be as follows:

Quarterfinals: Second Saturday following the Conference Championship games.

Semi-finals: January 1

Finals: Exactly one week following January 1.

The Semi-Finals, Finals, and 1 vs. 8 game will rotate between the four current BCS bowl sites with the location that hosts the finals hosting the 1 vs. 8 game the following season.

The 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6, and 4 vs. 5 games will rotate between the Cotton Bowl, Capital One Bowl, and the Outback Bowl.

Seeding will be determined based on the coaches poll only, and as mentioned above, the conference champions will receive seeds 1-6 automatically.

The bowls will still be bowls, including the ones not included in the play-off, and can be played as normal with the exception of not being able to be played on January 1, because of the semi-finals.

Hopefully, this system can garner some attention and get the ball rolling to change the current football system. If you have comments, questions, or concerns, please post them as a comment and I will be glad to answer/address them.

I feel this system will be acceptable for everyone, because bowls still get their money and college football gets a fair system.