Proposals for fixing the BCS:

Proposal 1

  1. Regular season ends on Thanksgiving weekend.
  2. A 3 week, 8 team playoff begins in December with the title game played on January 1.
  3. The top 8 teams are selected from the (regular) season ending poll (just like March Madness selects 64 teams).
  4. The games would be played at neutral locations throughout the playoffs to accommodate previous bowl game hosting sites.
  5. Consider that the first 6 playoff games would be played on two weekends in December that previously did not offer any college football entertainment.
  6. Just like college basketball has an NIT tournament, college football can ALSO schedule a number of bowl games for Christmas Day, New Years Eve, and New Years Eve day based on selected match-ups for teams ranked in the 9+ spots.
  7. Overall, this system allows for the same revenue generating bowl games as well as a playoff to determine a true champion on the field of play.

Proposal 2

Every major sport, both professional and collegiate, has a playoff system that decides their champion except for Division-I college football.
Money, and a complete lack of vision, has prevented the NCAA from creating such a system.
The playoff format that follows herein satisfies the needs the NCAA, BCS, and television networks have for a profitable system, but more importantly fulfills college footballs need for an undisputed champion.
  1. Regular season games are limited to eleven games
  2. The bowls remain intact and allow for more attractive match-ups than previously allowed
  3. More revenue will be generated for the NCAA because the value of the tournaments TV contract will be increased
  4. BCS will remain an important tool in seeding the field.

2003/2004 Season is used as an example
See Attached Seeding Chart (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Notes for Proposal 2:
  1. 2003 season limited to 11 games in 12 weeks from 8/23/03 to 11/08/03.
  2. Higher seed receives home game beginning Thanksgiving weekend.
  3. All first round game losers and other teams are other bowl eligible.
  4. Bowl games remain important and rotate annually.
  5. Seedings based on BCS standings.
  6. All bowl pairings decided in last week of November.