Selection Committee: Coaches' Poll? No. Legends Poll? Yes.

ACC coaches want the Coaches' Poll to be an element of the College Football Playoff selection process. They're nuts, at best.

How Much Will Schedule Strength Affect Playoff Selection?

Many in the sport have argued that the playoff will force teams to beef up their schedules. Is that really true?

Three Rules of College Football Playoff Selection

If you're still confused, just remember these three simple things.

What the College Football Playoff Selection Process Will Look Like

Using the 2012 BCS standings as a guide, here is what the selection process will be in each of the three possible scenarios.

College Football Playoff Details Announced

We now know the first championship game site, the full slate of bowls, and the semifinal rotation.

Report: Sugar, Rose Bowls to Host First Semifinals

The two grandest games will be doing the playoff honors first according to CBS's Dennis Dodd.

Details of New Postseason Money Distribution Emerge

There's going to be a lot of money, and the power conferences are going to get most of it.

Final Orange Bowl Deal Announced

The SEC will get to play at least three times in Miami.

BCS Executive Director Bill Hancock Will Executive Direct College Football Playoff

The leader of the old bowl system will be leading the new bowl system. Change we can believe in?

New College Football Postseason Format Finalized

It's official: six bowls and access for the mid-majors are components of the new playoff system.

New Postseason Format to Be Worth $600 Million Per Year

In total, the rights fees for the package of six major bowls plus the extra fees for the contract bowls specifically will top $600 million annually.

Playoff Potentially To Be Worth Almost $500 Million Annually

CBSSports.com is reporting that ESPN will offer almost half a billion annually to broadcast the college football playoffs. CBS is saying that this is not a formal bid and it's the high end of the range, but it's a ballpark figure for how lucrative the deal can be. By comparison, the current BCS deal is for $125 million per year.

This report doesn't specify whether this figure is for all six of the bowls in the semifinal rotation or just the semifinals and championship game (i.e. solely the playoff). Figures have already been thrown around for the contract bowls, with the Rose and Sugar (Champions) Bowls being worth $80 million a year and the Orange Bowl being around $55 million per year.

My guess is that the $500 million would cover all six bowls, but it would be an amazing payday if it only covers the playoff itself.

Sugar Bowl Will Be the Champions Bowl

The game in New Orleans will host the SEC and Big 12 champions whenever they aren't in the playoff.

Discord Reigns in BCS Playoff Negotiations

The system that caused so much controversy in life is causing just as much in its death throes.

College Football Playoff May Not Get Seventh Bowl, Six Bowl Sites All But Confirmed

Just forget about that extra access stuff. They never meant it anyway.

Fourth Contract Bowl Could Involve Big 12, Pac-12 Versus a Mid Major

So remember how recently we found out that a seventh bowl could be added to the semifinal rotation? According to an AP source, it will likely be a contract bowl rather than an access bowl:

A person with direct knowledge of the plan for the four-team playoff in 2014 told The Associated Press that either a Pac-12 or a Big 12 team likely will be the opponent for the top-rated champion from the Big East, Mountain West, Conference USA, Sun Belt and Mid-American Conference. ...

The proposal has the Pac-12 sending either its champion or a replacement team to the game in years when the Rose Bowl hosts a national semifinal. In years the Rose Bowl is a traditional Big Ten-Pac-12 matchup, the Big 12 would send one of its top teams to the game.

For the Pac-12 and Big 12, this would be a similar deal to the one the Orange Bowl is working out for the SEC and Big Ten. And that, I have a feeling, shows the reason for adding this game.

It's not about access, I don't think. It's about getting a contract for the Pac-12 and Big 12 to match the one the SEC and Big Ten will soon have with the Orange Bowl. If those two conferences are going to get a second contractual spot, then certainly the Pac-12 and Big 12 are going to need one as well. The ACC is still the fifth wheel hanging on to the others with a tenuous grip, so instead of it getting another spot, the five mid major conferences will get one to make it look like this is all about the little guy. Either that, or this was a way to get those leagues their auxiliary contract while also heading off future lawsuits.

Ultimately, this bowl will probably undermine the concept of the non-semifinal bowls as truly being major. The ACC champ and SEC or Big Ten runners up getting guaranteed spots stretched that credibility already, and now this will only make it worse. When this postseason format was just going to be six games, two being semifinals and the others being filled by top-12 teams, you could make the argument that it was favoring quality over cronyism. That argument is fading quickly with every new contract.

Playoff Semifinal Rotation May Get Seventh Bowl

ACC Wants a Piece of the SEC In the Orange Bowl

Four is Enough: Why the New College Football Playoff's Bracket is the Right Size

What We Mean When We Talk About Access in the New Postseason

Selection Committee Will Hand Pick Major Bowl Participants

The Case for Why College Football Doesn't Have to Worry About Bracket Creep

Your Questions About the Four-Team Playoff Answered

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRESIDENTS APPROVE FOUR-TEAM, 12-YEAR PLAYOFF PLAN

How to Make a College Football Selection Committee Work

Commissioners Come to Secret Consensus on Playoff Proposal

CBS Reports Expected Postseason Proposals

ACC Says BCS Playoff Proposal Is Rounding Into Shape

The BCS Overton Window

Conference Commissioners Prepare to Pass the Buck on BCS Successor

For Once, Don't Blame Jim Delany for the Big Ten's Dinosaur Tendencies

Larry Scott Thinks Plus One is Back on the Table

SEC, Big 12 Form Alliance Through Postseason Matchup

The BCS What If ... ?, Part III: Lessons Learned

The BCS What If ... ?, Part II: The Years Before the Formula Made Sense

The BCS What If ... ?: Looking at What the Leading Proposal Might Mean

BCS Playoff Might Not Be the Only Postseason Tournament

The BCS is Dead. Long Live Whatever Comes Next

Texas AD DeLoss Dodds Wants to Go Back to 1992

Plan to Stage College Football Playoffs on Campus Is "On Life Support"

The Rose Bowl Will Survive a Playoff

College Football Tournament: How to Make an Exciting Postseason Without Destroying the Game

BCS Has Narrowed Down Championship Options to Four, Is Considering a Selection Committee

March Madness and the BCS are Different, and That's OK

Big Ten Might Jump on the Playoff Bandwagon

The Super Bowl is Not an Argument Against Playoffs

A Playoff Is Coming