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A Comparison of Potential Playoff Systems for NCAA I-A Football

This article discusses the properties of various knockout tournament designs and presents theoretical results. Potential playoff schemes for Division I-A football are examined via simulation studies. Several metrics are used to assess the relative merits of playoff scenarios, which differ in number, selection, and seeding of playoff teams. Most suggest that college football would benefit from a limited playoff system. Interestingly, for the class of playoff systems examined, the number of teams influences the performance far more than does the seeding procedure.

Samuel S. Wu | David H. Annis | S. Wu | D. Annis

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