Basketball

Why is there no playoffs system for college football?

like they have in college basketball but college basketball seedings/rankings are kinda weird too with the NCAA tournament considered the strength of schedule or whatever why can't both of these sports especially college football have a normal playoff system...

Public Comments

1. idk
2. Because of the big $$$$$$$$ Division 1 schools get when they participate in a post season bowl game. Strange that Division 2 and Division 3 college football have a post season tournament to determine their NCAA champions.
3. the league is too big too many schools
4. Good question Prashant.......Its all about money. Don't let anyone fool you...Period. Here are the other excuses you might here.... The NCAA says the kids would miss too much class time WRONG - Every other division of football already has a playoff system. Most schools have their last game at the end of November and have to wait until the beginning of January for a bowl game so what is the difference.....Plus , with the Christmas holiday the last two weeks of December, who is in class.....nobody....... Keep the bowl games for tradition WRONG - what tradition?, many bowl games don't have the same contractual agreements with conferences that they used back in the day. Most of those conference vs conference match ups aren't meaningful anymore because of the BCS system. The best team may not play in a certain bowl game because it amy have to play in a different game according to its national ranking. Plus, the title game now rotates between a number of bowls....so, where is the tradition again? Division 1 doesn't have a playoff system BECAUSE of MONEY. The NCAA is afraid of saying this because of bad publicity but it is the truth. Too much money is spread out through the bowl system that nobody wants to change it. With a playoff, many of the bowl games would be eliminated and alot of money from those games would be lost. A playoff wouldn't make up that lost revenue. Think about how many bowl games there are and how many of those games have .500 or lower teams playing in them? Seems crazy, right? MAny schools, especially schools with smaller programs, wouldn't be receiving a piece of the bowl money they are recaiving when being in a bowl game. The problem is that even these small crummy bowls make money from t.v. contracts, ticket sales etc.....A 16 team system would only generate 15 games total.......compared to the 32 (last time I checked) bowl games we have now. Until the NCAA finds a way to make up this financial difference, it won't be happening....... I want a playoff system too..but we need to find a way that makes sense...and a 64 team tournament won't work for this sport.
5. Because college bowl games are the greatest tradition in all of football. They already screwed it up by going to the BCS system. I hated it when they made the stupid Fiesta Bowl a major one, and dropped the Cotton Bowl.