[Dan from Michigan]

TIME FOR A PLAYOFF!!!! - My idea.

Teams should make it.
Top 3 - Big Ten
Top 3 - SEC
Top 3 - Big 12
Top 3 - PAC 10
Top 3 - Big East
Top 3 - ACC
Top 2 - MAC
Division winners - CUSA, Wac, MTN West, Sun Belt

24 Teams.

If there's an Independent team in the top 15, that school takes the place of the 2nd place MAC and 3rd place ACC in order.

Bracket 1 - Upper Midwest
Game 1 - Big 10 Champ vs 2nd Place MAC
Game 2 - Big East Champ vs MAC Champ
Game 3 - 2nd Place PAC 10 vs 3rd place SEC
Game 4 - Game 1 winner vs winner between games 2 and 3

Bracket 2 - Pacific
Game 1 - Pac 10 Champ vs MTN West Champ
Game 2 - WAC Champ vs 2nd Place Big 10
Game 3 - 2nd Place ACC vs 3rd Place Big 12
Game 4 - Game 1 winner vs winner between 2 and 3

Bracket 3 - South
Game 1 - SEC Champ VS CUSA Champ
Game 2 - ACC Champ VS 3rd Big East
Game 3 - Big ten Third vs Big 12 2nd
Game 4 - Winner of Game 1 vs 2/3 winner

Bracket 4 - Central
Game 1 - Big 12 Champ vs Sun Belt Champ
Game 2 - 2nd SEC vs ACC 3rd
Game 3 - PAC 10 3rd vs 2nd Big East
Game 4 - Winner of Game 1 vs 2/3 winner

Week 1 - Games 1, 2, and 3. - 1st Week December
Week 2 - Winner of 2 and 3 play. - 3RD Week December(2nd week is usually finals)
Week 3 - Game 4 - 4th Week December
Week 4 - Brackets 1 and 4 play, 2 and 3. - 1st week of January or 5th weekend December(depending)
Week 5 - Championship week, possibly a Big 10 vs PAC 10 or SEC/ACC vs Big 12 Showdown if the first place teams get through. - 1st or 2nd Weekend January.

I thought about a 4th team for Big 10, 12, and SEC instead of the 2nd MAC or 3rd ACC(2nd CUSA could be a good replacement too), but any team that doesn't finish 3rd in their division doesn't deserve to get in, and all division winners should get in.

[Fred Mertz]

No one could argue with a twelve to twenty-four team playoff. Somehow, sixteen seems about right to me.

You've put a lot of thought into your proposal. Bravo!

[Alberta's Child]

There's pne big flaw with your system -- it simply takes too long to play all those games. The playoffs are almost half as long as the regular season!

There's a reason why NCAA football is the only collegiate sport that doesn't have a playoff system -- there are too many teams to consider, and playing one game per week means you'd have to restrict the playoffs to a very few select teams. In doing so, you'd run into controversy about which team deserves to be in the playoffs -- just like the controversy you have now about which teams belong in the BCS bowls.