College Football Playoffs, Artificial Intelligence Outwit SEC, Big Ten

Technology has come a long way in the 11 years since BCS computers were turned on, and Elon Musk’s latest artificial intelligence bot has the idea of ​​CFP. One college football playoff format is loaded with cars. Artificial Intelligence proposes the tweak format that remains for 12 teams.

I think the more Greg Sankey and Tony Pettitty brainstorm ideas for the future of the College Football Playoffs, the more I think these commissioners are craving for the Bowl Championship Series rankings by the time they complete their Haa Brain Plan.

Technology has come a long way in 11 years since BCS computers were turned on. Nowadays, computers do more than spit out rankings. They are thinking for us too.

I turned to artificial intelligence and saw if I could hatch better ideas than the 4+4+2+2+2+1+1 playoff bracket model. Petitti controls the playoff format.

Let’s see how Sankey and Petitti match Grok 3 and Wits. He is Elon Musk’s latest AI bot.

Grok 3 only took a few seconds to spit out the idea when I asked him the best and most unbiased CFP format.

Grok started with the disclaimer that “Best and Fairest” depends on what you value most.

Certainly, it was understood. We all have different opinions. But I’m tired of the idea of ​​the Commissioner, so please ask me what’s yours, Computer.

Grok mandated and proposed four ideas.

He began by sticking to the current state of the 12-team playoffs, including automatic bids for five best conference champions and automatic bids for seven large selections.

I already like what you’re thinking, Sir Glock. This first year of the 12-team playoffs worked very well. You can also look at some iterations of this setup before jumping to the changes. But, as Grok pointed out, this format works best in “When the committee nails rankings.” Whether the committee nails the rankings or not depends on your perspective, but most of us will agree with the committee covered by seeding Ohio’s No. 8. It should be number 5 and is reserved in this format for the best AT-Large team.

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Grok has other ideas so don’t worry about everything. He proposed an eight-team bracket with automatic bids for the SEC, Big Ten, ACC, Big 12, PAC-12 and 5-person groups and automatic bids for two AT-Large bids.

Glock from Earth. This idea is outdated. The masked bot must have missed that the Pac-12 had become an unrecognizable shell after the attack by other power conferences. Grok 3 seems to have been all the bugs in Grok 1 or Grok 2 that didn’t work.

But let’s make him easy. He works for free, unlike the commissioner who earns a $4 million salary. Plus, he has more ideas.

If Grok has so many ideas, why do you need Sankey or Petitti?

Or maybe you’re thinking, what’s your replacement, Mr. Sports columnist? Well, it might come around the corner, but first let’s see if the bot solves this CFP conundrum.

Grok’s next proposal: 16 team playoffs. All bids are met by a large selection. The eight first round games will be played on campus sites.

I like it! I usually water the field by expanding the playoffs beyond 12 teams, but 13 out of 14 bids have 4+4+2+2+2+1+1+1+1+1 model ideas I hate it. Auto bid, I’m embracing fresh ideas.

Glock began to beat me on the rationale of a 16-team bracket filled with massive picks. He admitted that the conference’s championships would be devalued, but the regular season will change “freely” as Glock said.

Eliminate the conference championship with this 16-team model and insert your 13th regular season game for all teams. These additional games offer more revenue opportunities, in addition to another data point for playoff selection. What do you say, Glock? Putting your mind together, I think it will create a good team.

Grok is also keeping an eye on future job opportunities. A smart blowjob. He admitted to abandoning “Fans of Human Nuance Love,” but suggested abandoning the human who chooses a field of 16 teams and decides to computers.

Fairpoint, Glock, but I don’t see as much as I’ve heard from the commissioners at the Winnie Conference.

Finally, Grok offered models Sankey and Petitti pushing the 2025 season. 12 team brackets were strictly seeded from the rankings. Five conference champions will receive automatic bids in this format, but the Bye Bye Protection for Conference Champions will be removed. Teams ranked in the top four will receive Byes, regardless of whether they have won the conference championship or not.

Grok likes the format the most, claiming to “same the best balance” by respecting the regular season, acknowledging a diverse team in the playoffs and seeding performances rather than conference tie-ins.

Ok, Glock, I can hear it. Not my favorite model. I prefer the current 12 team setup and use BYES for conference champions, but he also grabbed my interest with the idea of ​​a 16 team bracket that was selected and seeded on the computer .

In particular, Grok doesn’t mention the idea of ​​Zany 4+4+2+2+2+2+1+1+1, which occurred in the Big Ten and appears to be increasing steam within the SEC. With this idea Grok ignored, almost every bid would be split into meetings before the season begins. The four automatic bids go to Big Ten and Seconds respectively, two go to ACC and Big 12 each, one to 5 groups and one AT-Large.

By avoiding this plan, Grok has gained some reliability. I like how this guy thinks. Why do I stop it with CFP?

Glock, how do you want to be a college football commissioner? There are a few issues that need to be resolved.

Blake Toppmeyer is a National College Football columnist for the USA Today Network. btopppmeyer email him at @gannett.com and follow him at X @btopppmeyer. Subscribe to read all his columns.