College Football 16 team playoff standings week #1...

Welcome back to another year of my college football playoff standings in which 16 teams based on wins and points allowed would be competing over 4 Saturdays as to who is really the #1 team in the nation.  This years playoffs would start Saturday Dec 17th & end with the title game Sat Jan 7th someplace warm like Tampa or Miami.  So without any further delay, here are the standings in week #1....

1) Alabama  7-0  49 points against
2) LSU  7-0  82pa
3) Clemson  7-0  162pa
4) Wisconsin  6-0  58pa
5) Stanford  6-0  67pa
6) Boise St  6-0  87pa
7) Oklahoma  6-0  95pa
8) Kansas St  6-0  117pa
9) Houston  6-0  136pa
10) Oklahoma St  6-0  164pa
11) Penn State  6-1  81pa
12) Michigan  6-1  103pa
13) Virginia Tech  6-1  115pa
14) Illinois  6-1  124pa
15) South Carolina  6-1  134pa
16) Georgia Tech  6-1  169pa

Just missed at 6-1 was Louisiana-Lafayette with 186pa.  Also on the outside looking in right now at 5-1 are Cincinnati, Michigan St, Nebraska, Oregon, Rutgers, SMU, Southern Miss, USC, Washington & West Virginia. 

#1 vs #16, #2 vs #15 & so on.  Games played at neutral sites somewhere between the two schools if at all possible.  If you're new to my blog, first let me say welcome, and if you're wondering how I came up with this system I simply used the old saying that defense wins championships.  So I take wins and points allowed as my two variables & come up with my 16 teams.  I didn't want offense because if you run up the score on cream puffs it proves nothing.  So technically you could still schedule a cream puff for the victory, but you'd better keep them off the scoreboard.  The real rubber hits the road come conference time anyway, one loss won't hurt you too badly, but a second one probably will. 

The teams that don't make the playoffs can play in the bowl games so it's not like they are shut out.  All playoff games are played on Saturdays so in four weeks you'd have your title game and champion once and for all settled on the field.  I realize it's not a perfect system, but it's better than the nothing we have now I figure. 

Your comments are welcome, and again thanks for taking time out to read this!  I'll see you next week with the updated standings! 

Brian