How I fixed the College Football Playoff
- Oily Dog Andy
- Dec 4, 2025
- 3 min read
Everyone knows that the current College Football Playoff (CFP) system is a perfect representation of the United States today - broken. As I set out to fix this Frank Ragnow hamstring system, I found my self saying the Interstellar quote of, "Sometimes you have to go back to actually go forward".
We have to go back and reflect on the founding of this country and ask ourselves, "Was everything the Red Coats stood for really that bad?". Yes, I am talking about the English Football Pyramid. An honestly, I feel like Americans are suckers for pyramid systems anyway. Ok, so how's this going to work Saucy? Here are the basics.
The Pyramid
4 Tiers of 34 teams (each with 2 geographic divisions). To divide them now, I just used the last 10 years win percentage.
Schedule:
12 game seasons that include cross-tier play, rivalry week (If your rival is out of current tier), and Tier Championship Games. Just imagine to college football slate every week. You telling me the media groups wouldn't go for this. Although divorce rates might skyrocket.
Premier League plays:
8 Premier Teams
2 Champions Teams
1 Rivalry Game
Champions League plays:
7 Champions Teams
2 Premier Teams
1 Historic Team
1 Rivalry Game
Historic League plays:
7 Historic Teams
1 Champions Teams
2 League 1Team
1 Rivalry Game
League 1 plays:
8 League 1Teams
2 Historic Teams
1 Rivalry Game
Promotion/Relegation:
The top 6 teams of each tier get promoted each year. However, only the top 4 teams in each tier get automatic promotion. Insert the "Promotion Bowls". Teams ranked 5-8 in each tier play bowl games to see who gets promoted! Bowl games wont be gay anymore - just transitioned.
On the flip side, the bottom 6 teams each year get relegated. This will allow up-coming programs to face better opponents and resolves any conference limitations and bull-shit. Each tier could have delegated media rights/NIL money. There would be a financial interest to be promoted and the upper tiers have more playoff spots. It would be beautiful to see teams fighting relegation.
The Updated Playoff:
Every tier has a chance to make the playoff. Don't go freaking out. The playoff just has more allocated spots for the top tiers that play the better opponents. However, the lower tier teams and champions will still get in. No more committees, eye test, or special interest groups pulling strings.
19 Team playoff that includes:
Top 12 Premier League Teams (Premier League Champ gets bye).
Top 4 Champions League Teams
Top 2 Historic League Teams
League 1 Champion.
Round 1:
Premier League Champ - Bye
Premier League #2 vs. League 1 Champion
Champion League Champ vs. Premier League #11
Champion League #2 vs Champion League#4
Premier League #8 vs Historic League Champ
The Nutshell
Glad you made it this far because holy shit I think I figured it out. College football is still alive but barley breathing. Just praying to a god that it don't believe in. Conferences don't make any sense, bowl games are dead, the debate shows are pointless, and a dark scary room full of people that "have not even beeeeen there" just decides the fate of humanity. Blow it up - now.
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