The Jabesblog Proposal (College Football Playoff)

I now bring to you the Jabesblog Proposal for a 14-Team College Football Playoff.  The Jabesblog Playoff System would still utilize the BCS calculation in determining the top 2 teams (who will receive an automatic bye into the quarterfinals) and the 3 at-large teams that would join the 11 conference champions.  The first round of the playoff is also designed to minimize travel and matches up the 6 BCS conferences with the 5 non-BCS conferences, with the one at-large floater rotated between the six conferences.  The 2 top teams would be replaced by the Top 2 at-large teams in this system, with geographic replacement the top priority. 

Here is how the conferences would match-up on the 6-year rotation, keeping in mind that two at-large teams will replace two of the conference champions.  After the first round, the 8 teams would be re-seeded and play the quarterfinals at the 4 BCS sites as bowls.  The semis and finals would be the two weeks after at selected sites.

Year 1
Sun Belt Champ at SEC Champ
C-USA Champ at ACC Champ
MAC Champ at Big 10 Champ
MWC Champ at Big 12 Champ
WAC Champ at PAC 12 Champ
At-Large #3 at Big East Champ

Year 2

Sun Belt Champ at ACC Champ
C-USA Champ at SEC Champ
MAC Champ at Big East Champ
MWC Champ at Big 10 Champ
WAC Champ at Big 12 Champ
At-Large #3 at PAC 12 Champ

Year 3
Sun Belt Champ at SEC Champ
C-USA Champ at Big East Champ
MAC Champ at Big 10 Champ
MWC Champ at Big 12 Champ
WAC Champ at PAC 12 Champ
At Large #3 at ACC Champ

Year 4
Sun Belt Champ at ACC Champ
C-USA Champ at SEC Champ
MAC Champ at Big East Champ
MWC Champ at PAC 12 Champ
WAC Champ at Big 12 Champ
At-Large #3 at Big 10 Champ

Year 5
Sun Belt Champ at SEC Champ
C-USA Champ at ACC Champ
MAC Champ at Big East Champ
MWC Champ at Big 10 Champ
WAC Champ at PAC 12 Champ
At-Large #3 at Big 12 Champ

Year 6
Sun Belt Champ at ACC Champ
C-USA Champ at Big East Champ
MAC Champ at Big 10 Champ
MWC Champ at PAC 12 Champ
WAC Champ at Big 12 Champ
At-Large #3 at  SEC Champ

So let's apply 2011 as Year 1.  I am going to assume the following conference champions - LSU, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Clemson, Michigan State, Cincinnati, Houston, Arkansas State, No. Illinois, TCU and Nevada.  The 3 at-large teams for this purpose will be Alabama, Stanford and Oklahoma.

With LSU and Oklahoma State receiving byes, the 6 First Round Match-ups would be:

Arkansas State at Alabama*
Houston at Clemson
No. Illinois at Michigan State
TCU at Stanford*
Nevada at Oregon
Oklahoma at Cincinnati

If the 6 Home Teams win, the Quarterfinals would be:

(1)LSU vs (8)Cincinnati (Sugar Bowl)
(4)Oregon vs (5)Clemson (Rose Bowl)
(2)Oklahoma State vs (7)Michigan State (Fiesta Bowl)
(3)Alabama vs (6)Stanford (Orange Bowl)

A slightly different option
The same concept could be applied to a 16 team field, with the pre-determined match-ups and two at-large vs at-large games.  Again, a re-seeding based upon end-of-season BCS rank would happen after the first round.

Arkansas State at LSU
Houston at Clemson
No. Illinois at Michigan State
TCU at Oklahoma State
Nevada at Oregon
Michigan at Cincinnati
Oklahoma at Stanford
Virginia Tech at Alabama

Ultimately, the plus-one format is what we are going to get, if anything.  I, of course, have ideas for all kinds of formats!!