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Bowl leftovers for non-BCS conference champions

Jimmy thinks the BCS should be scrapped for a playoff. Nothing new there, but here is how Jimmy would do it:

All 11 D-1 champions are invited, along with 1 at-large invite. This could go to an independent or other deserving team.

The 12 teams are seeded with top 4 seeds getting a bye the first round.

Seeds 5 thru 12 play each other in round 1
12 vs. 5
11 vs. 6
10 vs. 7
9 vs. 8

Then:

1 vs. winner of 9/8
2 vs. winner of 10/7
3 vs. winner of 11/6
4 vs. winner of 12/5

Then:

1/9/8 vs. 4/12/5
2/10/7 vs. 3/11/6

Championship Game = Last 2 teams standing.
Payout for each game is the same for all games in that round.

This would only take 11 games total to accomplish.
Those left out of the playoff can play in the Bowl games.

Want in the playoff? Win your conference. Non conference games don't count (unless your an independent or need an at-large bid)

Jimmy, that's the system I have been preaching for years. Still, the bowls games are fun. I'd be ok with them if they could get the selection right.

By the way, this article is all kinds of wrong. The CUSA gets an SEC team, not ACC. The MAC gets a Big-10 team, not CUSA.

Me thinks Jimmy is a smart cookie. Wel thought out and solid without dumping the bowl rewards.
These make our match-up look pretty good in a typical year when the PAC-10 is its normal powerful self.

Jimmy for President

(or maybe MWC commissioner?)

Possible solution to the NCAA Football playoff quandary:

Basic-ground-rules:
Current football season is reduced from 12 to 10 games.

Individual conferences are required to have a Championship game at the end of regular season.

Playoff pool consists of 32 teams which are chosen by committee patterned after NCAA Basketball Selection committee. Conference champions are granted automatic tournament berths(11). Remaining teams(21) are eligible for at-large-playoff-spots.

Playoff-games-and-participants-are-determined-on-a-regional-basis (i.e. MWC/PAC-10/WAC; SunBelt/SEC East/ACC South; Big-10/MAC/Big-East; Big-12/SEC West/ConfUSA, etc.) with-each-region-contributing 8 teams-to-its-playoff-pool. This allows good non-conference champion teams a chance to participate.

First-round-games-are-played-in-home-stadiums-of-team-with-best W-L record (or-determined-by-some-other-criteria).

Rounds 2-4 are played in regionally-based bowl-type settings.

Four-regional-winners play championship semis and finals in larger bowls (Fiesta, Sugar, Rose, Orange) with championship final being hosted on a rotating basis.

Revenue from tournament games/TV deals is to be divided equally among the conferences (just like NCAA Basketball).

Fundamental question is whether every Div-I school should have a chance to win the championship. If not, then-NCAA-needs-to-call-it-like-it-is-and-only-have-BCS-conference-schools-play-for-national-championship.

This tournament format allows only 2 teams the chance of playing 15 games a season(max). Tourney-games-begin-week-after-Thanksgiving-with-Championship-game-being-played-around-New-Year's-day.

Whatever the format, Div-I College Football needs to settle everything ON THE FIELD. Line-up, hit-each-other-in-the-mouth-and-whoever's-left-standing-at-the-end-is-the-national-champion. Sounds simple enough.

a 12 team playoff would never work with all 11 conference champs getting an invite. The BCS teams are given an automatic bid because of how deep and talented their conferences are. The sun belt champ is not more deserving to go than even the number 4 SEC team and that includes this season which has been crazy. If you were going to do an automatic bid for every conference you would have to make it a 16 team playoff and have 5 at large bids open to give those conferences that are deep the chance to have multiple teams in the tournament.
You can't hold the bcs conferences on the same level as the others because they are superior and deeper than the non bcs conferences, but you need to give the smaller conferences a chance and the only way that would be possible would be with a 16 team playoff in order to give those deep conferences multiple chances of winning a championship and rewarding them for providing such a deep and competitive conference, and at the same time give the small conferences a chance to compete with the powerhouses

"Western Athletic ... ACC No. 8 or Mountain West No. 3 or No. 4"

Wrong! That goes to WAC #2. Since 2005, the WAC champion plays in a BCS game. :P