Utah No. 1 ?

Let’s make a case for Utah. This is a team that beat Michigan in week-1, beat two top-15 teams in TCU and BYU, beat an Oregon State team that beat USC, and beat Alabama by more points than Florida did.

 

This is a team that plays in an inferior comference, but does everything it possibly can to schedule the toughest non-conference games it can. They did the best they could, and won every game. How can anybody say they don’t deserve a shot at the National Championship. This, in my opinion, is just another perfect case for either a playoff or a plus-one game.

 

I like the plus-one idea the best, simply because it is a compromise. It won’t really prolong the season too much and pits the two best teams at the end of the year against each other. Play the season out and subsequent bowl games as usual, then just take the two highest ranked teams and let them play each other.

 

Under the playoff formula, keep the bowl games for everyone not ranked in the top 8 – consider that to be the NIT-type of football. For everyone else, put 1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, etc. Sure, it will add three weeks on to the season, but if you drop the recently added twelfth game, it’s really like adding two weeks. This way, someone from the SEC who goes all the way will play 15 games. But they’ll be the undisputed national champion. Doesn’t that phrase sound good? Undisputed.

Now let's see what Florida does.