[Matt Hayes] The SEC willingly flushed its conference championship game that last year had better ratings than all eight first round CFP games of the brief, 12-team era.

[u/CrashB111]

https://x.com/MattHayesCFB/status/2111056779366785054

[u/Ok_Sky6795]

The 24-team College Football Playoff bracket if it started today (from Oct. 11 AP poll):

FIRST-ROUND BYES

1 Georgia

2 Notre Dame

3 Miami

4 Ohio State

5 Indiana

6 Alabama

7 Texas

8 BYU

FIRST ROUND (higher seed hosts)

16 Mississippi State (59%) vs 17 Iowa (41%) → plays at 1 Georgia

9 Ole Miss (82%) vs 24 SMU (18%) → plays at 8 BYU

13 Missouri (71%) vs 20 Houston (29%) → plays at 4 Ohio State

12 UCLA (74%) vs 21 Wake Forest (26%) → plays at 5 Indiana

15 Kentucky (59%) vs 18 Oklahoma State (41%) → plays at 2 Notre Dame 10

Texas Tech (79%) vs 23 Boise State (21%) → plays at 7 Texas

14 Tennessee (64%) vs 19 USC (36%) → plays at 3 Miami

11 Utah (78%) vs 22 LSU (22%) → plays at 6 Alabama

First team out: 25 Northwestern

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This is according to the new 24 team playoff simulator at https://mockslate.com/tools/24-team-college-football-playoff-simulator

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People would watch the fuck out of this. The ratings would be through the roof

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As a Mizzou fan forced to live in OH, inject this very specific scenario in my veins