This to me makes scheduling 16 with no divisions much easier
Lock 5 opponents yearly.
Play the other 10 home and home every 4 years.
Really easy schedule
Really easy to create pools or round robins to avoid 3 way ties with no natural tiebreakers.
This to me makes scheduling 16 with no divisions much easier
Lock 5 opponents yearly.
Play the other 10 home and home every 4 years.
Really easy schedule
Really easy to create pools or round robins to avoid 3 way ties with no natural tiebreakers.
There are examples of schools who have played 6 home games in the big ten.If we go to a 10-game (out of 12) game conference schedule, there will never be a P-5 out of conference game again.
For $$$$ purposes, teams want 7 home games. P-5 teams want home & homes
Agreed, I'm all for it.
This to me makes scheduling 16 with no divisions much easier
Lock 5 opponents yearly.
Play the other 10 home and home every 4 years.
Really easy schedule
Really easy to create pools or round robins to avoid 3 way ties with no natural tiebreakers.
This would make it especially tough on Iowa who is obligated to play home & homes with Iowa State.If we go to a 10-game (out of 12) game conference schedule, there will never be a P-5 out of conference game again.
For $$$$ purposes, teams want 7 home games. P-5 teams want home & homes
somewhat off-topic, but to point out how the college FB scene is changing, saw this online: FCS schools planning to move up to FBS to form new conference. If more FCS schools move up to FBS, that will impact scheduling for FBS teams looking for an FCS opponent - but also create new FBS "guarantee game" opponents for scheduling purposes.
There will be a new FBS football conference soon if a cadre of schools based mostly in the South and Southwest get their way according to a report from ESPN’s Pete Thamel.
Nine members of the Atlantic Sun and Western Athletic Conferences will merge to form a football league, with the goal to play at the higher level “at the earliest practicable date.”
The schools involved are Stephen F. Austin, Abilene Christian, Utah Tech (formerly Dixie State), Southern Utah and Tarleton State from the WAC, and Atlantic Sun football members Austin Peay, Eastern Kentucky, Central Arkansas and North Alabama of the Sun Belt. UT Rio Grande Valley would also be be projected to join the league in 2025.
The current agreement to play annually goes through 2027. After that, a ten-game Big Ten season would likely spell the end of the annual Cy-Hawk game.This would make it especially tough on Iowa who is obligated to play home & homes with Iowa State.
That’s not the direction the ball is headed. At all. In fact Michigan and Ohio State both played 8 home games this year.There are examples of schools who have played 6 home games in the big ten.
In fact, it might be a strategy as it’s easier to sell tickets to 6 games
Also, no further games against Notre Dame, including vs. USC.The current agreement to play annually goes through 2027. After that, a ten-game Big Ten season would likely spell the end of the annual Cy-Hawk game.
If you move to 10 conference games, you aren’t dropping the FCS game. You’re likely looking at both of your OOC games being vs. FCS and all OOC games vs. P5s get cancelled. Math is simple on this one.Will be interesting if this is a 2024 or 2026 change. Keep contracts with P5 teams and drop FCS teams. Wonder what that would cost schools.
I didn’t say 6 every yearThat’s not the direction the ball is headed. At all. In fact Michigan and Ohio State both played 8 home games this year.
TV is more important than gate. Yes. But the games must be home games in order for the TV rights to be owned by the B1G and its television partners. Otherwise they’re on AggieVision, or the ACC network, or whatever else. Either way, the B1G does not own the rights to those OOC away games.I didn’t say 6 every year
I think the ball is headed towards
TV > gate
Do you disagree with that?
If the league expands to 20 or 24 I won’t be surprised to see a 12 game conference schedule and no non conference games by 2040 or so.
CorrectTV is more important than gate. Yes. But the games must be home games in order for the TV rights to be owned by the B1G and its television partners. Otherwise they’re on AggieVision, or the ACC network, or whatever else. Either way, the B1G does not own the rights to those OOC away games.
CorrectG5 programs typically give B1G programs like MN 2 home games for 1away game. And in some cases, they just agree to play at a huge stadium like Michigan’s without a return trip.
So every game you replace an OOC game with a conference game, the league loses about 3-4 games it has the rights to broadcast.
CorrectThis is also why the B1G and SEC have so much trouble eliminating the FCS games. That’s all 14 games the league controls the broadcast rights to that would become only about 9 of 14 if they are against G5 opponents instead.
I think that would be a good plan. Also limits travel for USC/UCLA to the Eastern Time Zone.Another way it could be done is to maintain two divisions, for scheduling purposes only, so essentially 7 annual games. You would then play the remaining 8 conf teams each 3 times in 8 years. (instead of 4 times in 8 years)
It prevents there being 3 undefeated teams at the end of the year.
In that case, you add USC & UCLA to the existing West, and kick Purdue over to the existing East. Again, for scheduling purposes only. There are no longer division "winners".
Strength of schedule is always a factor and will continue. There are 6 Auto bids and 6 at-large. The best resumes will get in for those at large.here's a thought:
under the current CFP system, the 'helmet' schools know that if they lose more than one game, that probably knocks them out of playoff consideration.
but when the 12-game playoff system arrives, a team could have two losses and make the playoffs - possibly even three losses.
The question is whether the committee would make strength of schedule a key qualifier.
tell teams: "If you play a strong non-conf team and lose, that counts more than playing some FCS or G5 cupcake and winning."
make quality of wins - or quality of losses - more important than just winning games against lesser opposition. that, in turn, might encourage teams to schedule "better" non-conf games.
I would think in this case, they could easily work it out so that USC plays at least one of those big 3 every year with the remaining 3 conference "crossover" games. The other "division" would have 8 teams, so in 3 years you're guaranteed to get through everyone +1 one more.I think that would be a good plan. Also limits travel for USC/UCLA to the Eastern Time Zone.
A detractor would be, not many USC games vs Mich, OSU or Penn St. Big 10 Power brokers and broadcast partners may not be thrilled, but it something has to give somewhere.
Most P5 teams have and want to continuing having 7 home games per year (in a 12 game regular season). You can't do that if you're scheduling P5 home-and-home contracts.Strength of schedule is always a factor and will continue. There are 6 Auto bids and 6 at-large. The best resumes will get in for those at large.
This year two 3 loss teams won their conferences and would be in KSU and Utah. Washington at 10-2 is out due to Tulane being highest G5.
Next in line, based on ranking, are Florida State, Oregon St. and Oregon. All 9-3. Are we moving them ahead of any of the bottom teams? Penn State, USC or Clemson?
Now if the Big 10 plays 10 conference games and two non-conference games, say 1 P5 and 1G5/FCS and SEC continues with 8 games and 4 non-conference 1 P5, 2 G5 and 1 FCS, we have a program.