Time To Vote: How Should The CFP Be Tweaked?

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Time To Vote: How Should The CFP Be Tweaked?

The College Football Playoffs are nearly over for the 2026 season, even as they are over for the Oregon Ducks. We went through this exercise last season, because even though last season’s playoffs were an improvement over the BCS, they needed some tweaking, right?

This season felt like a step in the right direction, but is it enough?

It would appear that we will have further changes in the future, but what do you think the nature of these changes should be? Or, has this season had the intended effect; which is to say, are the two best teams facing each other in the playoff?

Notre Dame was butthurt and declined a bowl game, but should we go with a 16-team playoff that would have included the Irish? And Texas? And who else?

How do you think the playoff should change from here?

1 – I like the present structure, but transfer portal movement needs to wait until after the National Championship.

This means that the 12-team playoff is giving teams needed rest and we’re seeing the best teams playing in the quarter and semi finals. This portal nonsense needs to wait, however – the best teams are being penalized unfairly.

2 – Keep the present structure, but the top four seeds only get the one-week bye.

No waiting three or four weeks to play. Everyone gets right to it, while seeds 1-4 get a one-week bye.

3 – Go to a 16-team playoff.

Eliminate the conference championship games. Start all games in week zero. Select the top 16 teams while still allowing the G5 a place at the table.

I saw an interesting post on how that might have worked this season, and I don’t have a problem with it:

4 – I have a better suggestion!

Let us know what your ideas are. I may want to revisit this with feedback from our esteemed and informed ATQ readers.

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