(05-17-2018 01:03 PM)Attackcoog Wrote: Honestly---there is just one reform I want. I want the CFP Selection Committee to be reformed to become a 10-member body with one representative from each FBS conference. That single move, all by itself, will fix 90% of what is wrong with college football.
Many fans of non-power teams complain about committee bias in the March Madness selection process, too. But have you ever looked at who's on the basketball tournament selection committee? It's not stacked in favor of P5 conferences. Here is the 2018 committee:
Bruce Rasmussen, director of athletics at Creighton University (chair)
Bernard Muir, vice chair of committee and director of athletics, Stanford University
Mitch S. Barnhart, director of athletics, University of Kentucky
Tom Burnett, commissioner, Southland Conference
Janet Cone, director of athletics, University of North Carolina at Asheville
Tom Holmoe, director of athletics, Brigham Young University
Jim Phillips, vice president for athletics & recreation, Northwestern University
Jim Schaus, director of athletics, Ohio University
Craig Thompson, commissioner, Mountain West Conference
Kevin White, director of athletics, Duke University
Also, I doubt that what you're suggesting would have the effect that you're looking for. In fact, I strongly suspect that if the committee was structured that way, the designated representatives of G5 conferences would be less likely to support an undefeated G5 team than current committee members. For example, let's say that Boise State has a 13-0 season in 2018. There's a very strong chance that someone from the AAC, MAC, CUSA, or Sun Belt (or all of them) would think,
"Hell, no, I don't want a Mountain West team to get the glory of making the playoff. The media would hype their conference over ours. I'll just vote Ohio State #4 instead, and I'll just nod my head while the committee chair tells the media that while we respect Boise's achievements, Ohio State's schedule strength was the deciding factor."