Boise State AD’s Stunning Rebuke of CFP Committee Sparks Controversy — What’s Behind the Backlash?
Change is afoot in the College Football Playoff world—and boy, it’s stirring up quite a hornet’s nest. Last season, conference champs like Boise State got the royal treatment: a top-four seed and a sweet first-round bye. But hold your horses, because next season? That luxury gets stripped away. The new straight-seeding model hands those coveted byes strictly to the top-four teams in the final rankings, no matter if they claimed a conference crown or not. Boise State’s athletic director, Jeramiah Dickey, wasn’t having it—calling out the CFP committee and dubbing this the “Boise State policy.” Legacy matters, he says, and programs like the Broncos might just get the short end of the stick with this switch. It begs the question: Is this a fair shake for powerhouse programs outside the traditional spotlight, or just another play to keep the smaller fish on the chopping block? Funny enough, last year every team that snagged a bye lost their very next game—so maybe the break isn’t the blessing it’s cracked up to be. Either way, Boise State feels the sting, and their fight is far from over.
LEARN MORE.The College Football Playoff is going to look a bit different next season as the committee voted to change the seeding model. Last year, the top-four seeds and byes were given to the four highest-ranked conference champions. Now, it will be a straight-seeding model, so the top-four teams in the final CFP rankings will get those byes regardless of whether or not they won their conference title. Boise State football got one of those byes last year because of their conference title, but under the new rules, they wouldn’t receive a bye.
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