G5 National Championship

[60swerethebest]

The final 30 or 40 or 50 would be a bloodbath for inclusion. There are only 20 or so schools in the top tier. Bout all the rest are in the same large boat we are in. But the SEC will protect their bottom as will Big Ten. After all, they need wins too.

[CajunSaint08]

Fastest way to turn them into a .500 league

Exactly....

[Professor]

Turbine
And just like the nfl, a .500 record could get you in the playoff

[MarlinMan3]

Turbine
And just like the nfl, a .500 record could get you in the playoff

14 out of 32 = 44pct
12 out of 136 = 9 pct

Makes you wonder, a 13th seed was in baseball final, #ooops

[Turbine]

Turbine
And just like the nfl, a .500 record could get you in the playoff

In non football sports, the "they played a tough schedule" already gets some into the post season.

[Professor]

Rouge white blue aka r1


Keep up, in this hypothetical there would only be 50 teams

[Duckster]

If they want to put their money where their mouths are, they'd eliminate the playoff committee and revert back to a formula like the BCS and take top 12 teams period. There would have been around 17 G5 teams that would have made that format from 1998-2013.

Would also encourage scheduling stronger OOC opponents.

Strong idea! Makes too much sense. I bet ESPN could still make a melodramatic weekly show about the rankings though. A whole season's worth! If corporate media can make more money from what you've described, maybe they'd get on board. As always, follow the money!