AP Top 10.... Is this boring lineup ruining College Football? It's not parity

NT80 · September 10, 2023

par·i·ty¹

/ˈperədē/

noun

1.

the state or condition of being equal, especially regarding status or pay.

AP Top 25 college football poll

First-place votes in parentheses.

1. Georgia (55)

2. Michigan (2)

3. Florida State (3)

4. Texas (2)

5. USC

6. Ohio State

7. Penn State

8. Washington

9. Notre Dame

10. Alabama

Parity within the Top 10 (out of 130 teams) is NOT Parity within the FBS.

This could be a list from 20 years ago, or even 50 years ago. Not much has changed. Is this Good or Bad for the college sport and the college sports fan?

There is a reason the NFL, and some of the other Pro leagues try to achieve PARITY in the teams with various salary caps and conditions = more National FAN support and interest.

With attendance averages dropping at stadiums of non-Top 30 schools, is the NCAA in danger of losing fans of the other FBS football programs forever...?

Edited September 10, 2023 by NT80

CMJ · September 10, 2023

I don't think FSU was good particularly 50 years ago, but otherwise you sorta have a point. There's only about 30-40 schools that ever make the Top 25 on a regular basis.

NT80 · September 11, 2023

1 hour ago, CMJ said:

I don't think FSU was good particularly 50 years ago, but otherwise you sorta have a point. There's only about 30-40 schools that ever make the Top 25 on a regular basis.

That is what makes college basketball so much fun as a fan. North Texas can win the NIT. San Diego State can play in the National Championship basketball game. It's accessible to all 350 D1 programs.

Hunter Green · September 11, 2023

The portal and NIL will only accelerate the process of destroying college football and I'm sure espn is just fine with that.

untjim1995 · September 11, 2023

From 1943-2022, Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee Georgia, Florida, Clemson, FSU, Miami, Penn State, Notre Dame, Michigan, Ohio State, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, and USC have won the AP/CFP all but 9 titles.

untjim1995 · September 11, 2023

16 hours ago, NT80 said:

That is what makes college basketball so much fun as a fan. North Texas can win the NIT. San Diego State can play in the National Championship basketball game. It's accessible to all 350 D1 programs.

College football knows their brands are surrounding basically about 30 schools. The next 30 are just historically connected to the first 30, although there are a few titles in that group. Their networks want Texas and Alabama, not North Texas and South Alabama.

Them letting North Texas and South Alabama compete for a spot in March Madness and the College World Series for men and women is how they avoid any chance of an antitrust suit. Of course, their grads dominate the judiciary and legislatures, so its not as if they have to worry about that, either.

DentonStang · September 11, 2023

The top 10 is not parity, but overall transfers have increased parity. Look at all the upsets all across football the last two weeks. I'm not sure if it will affect the top 10-15 teams or not, but everyone else is coming closer together

meangreenbob · September 11, 2023

1 minute ago, DentonStang said:

The top 10 is not parity, but overall transfers have increased parity. Look at all the upsets all across football the last two weeks. I'm not sure if it will affect the top 10-15 teams or not, but everyone else is coming closer together

Excuse me. ☝️

Everyone?

Mike Jackson · September 11, 2023

40 minutes ago, untjim1995 said:

From 1943-2022, Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee Georgia, Florida, Clemson, FSU, Miami, Penn State, Notre Dame, Michigan, Ohio State, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, and USC have won the AP/CFP all but 9 titles.

And it isn’t about titles, for the most part the top 20 popular brands refuse to compete in state or with a bordering states biggest schools unless it is conference. All these "great matchups" 🙄 "created" or renewed by these newest superconferences could have been scheduled on a regular non-conference basis. For instance from 1954-2023 LSU and Texas played ONCE in the regular season. But now they are going to have that in conference they are trying to sell everyone that the Longhorns can no longer play, Texas Tech, Baylor, and TCU each on a 3 year out of conference rotation. It is been a rigged competition since the 50s. All the upper programs angling to take the least amount of conference risk necessary during the regular season to get to the post season. Florida's out conference trip to Utah was historically abnormal and they got their ass kicked with Utah's backup at the helm. Parity is a joke when you refuse to play a balanced schedule and count games against FCS in your win total. If they want to have these games schedule them in week 0 and 1 and actually call them what they are PRESEASON. You guys are so better than the best G5 teams okay, come to Denton, San Diego, Boise State, Marshall, UAB, Fresno State, or etc and officially call it pre-season. Game isn't on your regular season record if you get beat. (Because it usually doesn't for the G5 if they beat you and don't crush the rest of their opponents br 2 TD's minimum). You don't have to have "parity" but you need to play the "lower schools" home and home. Real home and home not Notre Dame playing Navy at Ravens, or Commander's home field.

Edited September 11, 2023 by Mike Jackson