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25 Success or Will the college football playoffs become the next big Sporting Event?
Fail? This Saturday is the biggest day for college football. The outcome of the conference champions will be determined. It will be the last day for teams to make a push and get into the top four and move on to the College Football Playoff. This will be the second year since the NCAA moved away from the BCS format into a four team playoff. Has the new College Football Playoff format been a success? Going into the conference championships, there are scenarios in which maybe eight different teams outside of the top four could make the playoff. A scenario in which the top four teams all lose or a combination of some of them opens up endless possibilities. Already it’s showing improvements from the BCS in terms of rankings. According to BCS simulations, Ohio State would likely be in the top four right now. With a committee voting to determine the rankings, it is less likely to allow teams that don’t deserve it into the playoff. The College Football Playoff Ranking has Ohio State ranked sixth, as does the AP Top 25 poll, and the Coaches poll. While Ohio State is a very good team, it’s basically unanimous that they aren’t one of the top four teams in the nation right now. In terms of viewership and ratings, it has been everything the NCAA could have hoped for. In its inaugural season, the three games where some of the most watched college football games in television history. The semifinal games both drew more than 28 million viewers. The Ohio State/Oregon was the most watched program in ESPN and cable TV history with over 33 million viewers. It was a 21% increase in viewership from the last BCS Championship game. Apart from viewership, has it been a better system than the BCS was? College football fans were clamoring for some sort of a playing leading up to the announcement that the NCAA would abandon the BCS. America loves playoffs and the NCAA gave the fans what they wanted. There are positives and negatives to this change, however. This year is a good example of why the College Football Playoff is a success. It can be even better even with the same format. Right now there are two undefeated teams with Clemson and Iowa both being 12-0. If next season there are no undefeated teams or even just one, it adds even more parity to an already exciting system. Do or die games are insanely fun and three is better than one. First off, having a four team playoffs expands the field of potential teams to win a national championship drastically. Obviously with a four team playoff, there are two more teams with a chance, but it’s more than just that. Adding two teams provides way more opportunities to sneak in. With the BCS there were far less opportunity for teams to compete for a championship than there is now. 26
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