A proposal for the revision of the football bowl subdivision's postseason : an honors thesis (HONRS 499)

Abstract

A ten team playoff is a more effective postseason method of determining the national champion for college football's Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division 1 A) than the current system in place. Seemingly every year fans across the nation are heard complaining about the Bowl Championship Series and how it unfairly treated their favorite team. Most of the time, they have a legitimate gripe. The time has come to establish a system where the best team is decided by the players on the field, not by the voters in their offices or the computers in their homes. This playoff proposal examines how this method could feasibly be accomplished, and it addresses the most common arguments against a playoff.