Maybe. Depends if they’re rated higher than Clemson. If so, Clemson will be 12 seed, they’ll be 4.
I knew they would be the 12 seed but I thought the ACC winner got a bye,my apologies.
NCAA has nothing to do with the CFP.
Not true. Several conference champions get automatic bids, regardless of NET ranking
I would assume the NCCA approved the format,I know they don’t pick the teams.
And to add to your point, it’s not inconceivable for a top tier mi major team to get upset in their conference tourney and they get into March madness along with the AQ team.
auto bids, yes....but not necessarily the top seeds
Yeah, the top seed, bye, home field advantage thing has got to change
I'll disagree to this extent. With expansion to the size of Conferences in recent years, Conference Championships have become less important. The major conferences are so big that You can't play round robin schedules, or at least more consistently balanced schedules. Therefore the criteria for getting into the Conference Championship game is very convoluted and not settled on the field. In addition not every Conference plays the same number of Conference Games. We play 9. As good as the SEC thinks they are, they only play 8, and many of their teams are still scheduling Louisiana Directional State for their 11th Regular Season game to have a breather before their traditional Year End Rivalry Game.
