What College Football Should Do Right Now

Conferences across the country are going to conference only competition in an effort to reduce concerns related to the coronavirus. It is understandable that they try to be creative in this trying time, but it's the wrong move. If the concern is partly related to travel, it is time for an even more creative idea. 

What needs to happy is 12 pods of teams separated by region. Each pod should have 6 teams and those teams should play each other twice (home and away). The team with the best record in each pod would advance to the college football playoff. Since there are only 10 games, the two extra playoff games wouldn't be too much. Since 12 teams is not a perfect number, there would also be 4 at-large teams from this group of the best teams remaining. A 16 team playoff would be a wonderful treat for the American people. 

Florida/Georgia

Central Florida

Florida

Florida State

Georgia

Georgia Tech

Miami

South Carolina/North Carolina

Clemson

Duke

North Carolina

North Carolina State

South Carolina

Wake Forest

Alabama/Tennessee

Alabama

Alabama-Birmingham

Auburn

Memphis

Tennessee

Vanderbilt

Kentucky/Maryland/West Virginia/Virginia

Kentucky

Louisville

Maryland

Virginia

Virginia Tech

West Virginia

Northeast

Boston College

Cincinnati

Penn State

Pittsburgh

Rutgers

Syracuse

Indiana/Ohio/Michigan

Indiana

Michigan 

Michigan State

Notre Dame

Ohio State

Purdue

Illinois/Iowa/Minnesota/Wisconsin

Illinois

Iowa

Iowa State

Minnesota

Northwestern

Wisconsin

Colorado/Kansas/Nebraska/Oklahoma

Colorado

Kansas

Kansas State

Nebraska

Oklahoma

Oklahoma State

Arkansas/Mississippi/Missouri/Louisiana/Texas A&M

Arkansas

Louisiana State

Mississippi

Mississippi State

Missouri

Texas A&M

Texas/Arizona

Arizona

Arizona State

Baylor

Texas

Texas Christian

Texas Tech

Colorado/Idaho/Utah/Washington

Boise State

Brigham Young

Colorado

Utah

Washington

Washington State

California/Oregon

California

Oregon

Oregon State

Southern Cal

Stanford

UCLA

This model would be infinitely better than the conference only model. Better and safer matchups and a better playoff system. All 12 winners would make it along with 4 at-larges that showed the best from this group. It is the right move, but unfortunately, the conferences could not see the easy move this year.

- Noland