By far (it's not even close) BYU's easiest path to the playoff would be to join the MWC, but more likely they join the AAC because the MWC has a terrible TV contract. Getting an at large bid will still be terribly difficult for a G5 school. The P5 has too much power, money and influence. The undefeated independent not named Notre Dame will still lose out to the 2 loss SEC or B1G team almost every time. I wouldn't be surprised if the reason the AAC stopped pursuing Boise is that they know they already have BYU in the bag courtesy of ESPN.
Which was never going to happen in the AAC. The conference was even hurting our WBB program. A few more years of that and UConn is dead as a brand. Now our women are great again and the men are back in the Top 25 and have their best recruiting class in ions. Baseball won the league. Any AAC remorse caused by this announcement isn't warranted by the facts.
If they go to 12 the only independent that will ever get a bid is Notre Dame. The Power 5 will make sure of that.
How many times has the MWU been the top G5? Instead of locking in a MW strength of schedule, BYU can pick and choose it's opponents from a good list of teams willing to play them. Obv, not at ND level, but far above UConn's and Boise's. If the go 11-1, they will be in without having to worry about if there G5 title is best.
Lol, what did I miss? It seems like you were writing posts essentially calling any playoff expansion the apocalypse and now it is an improvement.
Ahhh, I think I understand your point. For the biggest of the big boys, a single loss, or perhaps two, may not be fatal. Still, I think the best of the best didn't get there by losing games. I suspect that they will compete every weekend. For the rest of the teams though, every weekend likely becomes more meaning since it will mean the difference between getting a shot at one of 12 spots or not.
It also means that other conferences will get SEC teams on their schedule. So we will find out every year which conference is the best.
Not only SOS, but number of games. The Big 12 has been affected by their smaller conference and weaker OOC scheduling when it comes to CFP selection. It will be harder for an indy with only 12 games (no CCG) to get a bid, especially with a loss in the record.
They knew this was coming, and are getting ahead of the schedule.
Glad we are finally seeing some good inter-conference match ups vs. ESPN anointing SEC the best football conference before start of the season while conferences like the AAC gets no respect.
