In a divisionless format, though, Tennessee and Florida would have played again the following week in Atlanta because they still had the two best conference records. That game - a 34-32 Tennessee win - did indeed determine who went to Atlanta to play for the SEC title. 11 terrorist attacks, Florida and Tennessee did play in the regular-season finale. And when the SEC postponed games in 2001 following the Sept. But that was in a divisional system, so there could be no rematch. Spurrier suggested moving the Florida-Florida State game to the early season so that the Gators and Volunteers could play in the regular-season finale. That was in the 1990s when Florida-Tennessee was the de facto conference title game most years but was played in Week 3. In the SEC, Steve Spurrier used to lament the date of the Florida- Tennessee game. Clemson and Florida State - divisional rivals who were the two best programs in the league for a time - would have played conference title game rematches in 20, but those would have been rematches of games played in September (2012) and October (2013). Thanks to the Clemson– South Carolina and Florida– Florida State rivalries, the ACC wouldn’t have had to worry about immediate rematches for most of its divisional history. (Though given the way Michigan physically dominated Ohio State when they met last season, it’s difficult to imagine the result being different a week later.) That might have been anticlimactic, and it might have been crushing for Michigan fans if they’d finally gotten over the hump against the Buckeyes and then turned around and lost to them for the Big Ten title seven days later. Had the Big Ten been playing a divisionless schedule last season and the teams entered the last weekend of the regular season with the same records, we would have seen Ohio State and Michigan playing a week later in Indianapolis. Big Ten leaders are discussing the idea as well. SEC school leaders have been discussing the idea for several years, and the ideal time to debut a new format would be when Oklahoma and Texas join the league as the 15th and 16th members. The ACC is moving toward eliminating divisions beginning with the 2023 season. But if it becomes an issue, I can imagine the networks and conferences will get together and discuss potential changes.
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To address Chris’ question more directly, my guess is that TV networks - which have the biggest say in such decisions - will want to keep the rivalry games where they are at first because they’ll worry about losing casual viewers who are conditioned to watch certain big games on certain weekends.
The Ducks’ only loss that season had come to the Cardinal, and had there been a four-team playoff at the time, they might have been playing for a spot in the bracket. This format would have created a rematch of No. 16 UCLA again in Palo Alto for the conference title. 24 in the regular-season finale for both teams. The Cardinal beat the Bruins at the Rose Bowl on Nov. In 2012, Stanford and UCLA played two games six days apart. *Weirdly, this change would have eliminated the very scenario Chris describes above. This would have changed a participant* in five of the 11 previously played Pac-12 title games. The ACC, Big Ten and SEC already had been in discussions about schedule formats that didn’t include divisions, but the Pac-12 led the charge by immediately altering its title game format the moment the NCAA’s Division I Council approved a rule tweak that struck any divisional requirement from the rule that allows leagues to stage conference championship football games.īeginning immediately, the Pac-12 title game will pit the two teams with the best league records against one another rather than the North Division champ against the South Division champ. If Wednesday is any indication, divisions are going away in most of the leagues that have them. If divisions go away, what is the best way to handle the scheduling of season-ending rivalry games: 1) Keep them the last weekend of the regular season and hope against rematches 2) Let them be randomly scheduled like any other game or 3) Coordinate rivalry games among conferences and TV partners? Personally, I would prefer to savor a rivalry victory as long as possible before a high-stakes rematch the following week and therefore prefer something like the annual Texas/ Oklahoma timing. When the Big Ten implemented Legends and Leaders divisions, there was the potential for Ohio State and Michigan to meet in consecutive weeks if each won their division.
The Pac-12 snapped into action when the rules changed Wednesday, and you have questions …
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