Once the 12-team College Football Playoff arrives in 2024, winning a conference title will mean an even greater reward and a loss will cut deeper, btoppmeyer writes
Take Utah, for example. The Utes were ranked No. 11 entering the Pac-12 Championship. By beating Southern Cal, Utah knocked the Trojans out of the playoff and clinched a spot in the Rose Bowl.
As it is, the Wildcats are Big 12 champions for the first time in a decade and are Sugar Bowl bound for the first time ever. That matters. That’s a special season. However, an upset of TCU that catapulted K-State into a 12-team playoff would have made Saturday’s win more significant. In a 12-team playoff, though, an LSU upset not only would have unlocked a playoff bid for the Tigers, it would have stripped Georgia of its first-round bye and created a longer – and more difficult – path to the national championship.
Look back to last season. When Alabama beat Georgia in the SEC Championship, the Bulldogs slipped just two spots from No. 1 to No. 3.In a 12-team playoff, though, Georgia would have been seeded fifth, ineligible for a first-round bye because it did not win the SEC. That would have put Alabama and Georgia on course for a rematch in the semifinals, instead of the national championship.
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