College Football Playoff System

Here is my solution to solving the lack of a definitive national champion in college football. The system makes the regular season important because if you win your division you're in the playoffs. There are at least three off weeks for every team to address injuries and academics. None of the bowl games are gone, none of the money to the schools are gone, and most importantly, if a team goes undefeated for the season they are guaranteed to be the sole champion.

Facts:
 1)  There are 120 teams in Division 1 FBS football.
2)  There is a 17 week schedule for Division 1 FBS football.
3)  There is too much uncertainty about who is the champ for the year.
4)  Can't do playoffs because of the awesome bowl system and $$$.

Fixes:
1)  Get rid of the modern day conferences and create 12 pods of 10 teams based on geographical location.
            a. You will lose SOME rivalry games but I think most would be willing to sacrifice.
2)  Play each team in your pod once. Winner of each pod automatically advances to the playoffs (12 teams).
3)  Selection committee selects the remaining four teams based on play and tv ratings.
4)  16 team playoffs. See the schedule/bowls below.

Schedule:

• Week 1: Game 1
• Week 2: Game 2
• Week 3: Game 3
• Week 4: Game 4
• Week 5: Off Week
• Week 6: Game 5
• Week 7: Game 6
• Week 8: Game 7
• Week 9: Game 8
• Week 10: Game 9
• Week 11: Off Week
• Week 12: Sweet 16
• Week 13: Elite 8
• Week 14: Final Four
• Week 15: Off Week for Finals
• Week 16 (Week between Christmas & New Years): Bowl week for the other bowl eligible schools
• Week 17: National Championship

Impact on Bowls:
     Bowl selection is based on tradition and age of bowl game. The newer bowls that lack the tradition would be utilized for those bowl eligible teams who don't make the playoffs. Whereas, the history rich bowls would be used for the national championship playoffs.

Playoff Bowl Games
National Championship Game: BCS National Championship
Final Four: Orange and Rose Bowls
Elite Eight: Sugar, Fiesta, Cotton, and Sun Bowls
Sweet Sixteen: Gator, Citrus, Liberty, Peach, Independence, Holiday, Hall of Fame, and Copper Bowls.

Remaining Bowl Games

• Tangerine
• Las Vegas
• Alamo
• Motor City
• Humanitarian
• Music City
• Mobile
• New Orleans
• San Francisco
• Hawi'i
• Charlotte
• Armed Forces
• Poinsettia
• Compass
• New Mexico
• Texas
• Military
• St. Petersburg
• Pinstripe
• Ticketcity

Boom.