Deep Creek
Well-Known Member
It is looking like the key for a conference getting CFP spots is to have one or two real good teams and the rest not be very good. Having a large, quality middle of the pack seems ripe to upset the real good teams and possibly reduce their playoff chances...depending on what happens in other conferences. Good chance conferences will lose a CFP spot if the wrong team wins the CCG. i.e. There was a good chance the Big 12 would have been left out if TCU had beaten OU in the CCG last year.If we want to take those stupid articles seriously what the conference needs is the middle of the Pac to pick it up more than some savior in one or two teams.
The results will always be mixed though. If you have half a dozen teams recruiting at a high level then no one team is monopolizing the top shelf talent and playoff appearances will dwindle as a result.