BCS commissioners settle on plan for playoff

How the teams will be selected has also been hotly debated; the current Bowl Championship Series uses a combination of polls and computer rankings.

There are still major details to be worked out, such as who exactly makes up the selection committee, but college football will take a page from college basketball, which uses a committee of athletic directors and commissioners to pick the teams for its championship tournament.

Scott has pushed for conference champions to be given preference for the playoff, but said he was comfortable that a committee would emphasize that and strength of schedule. He stopped short of saying the committee was part of the proposed plan.

“My position has evolved on that,” Scott said about the selection committee. “There’s a positive impression about the role that the basketball committee has played for basketball, and I think there’s been a consensus that the current (football) system is pretty flawed in a lot of ways.”

The 12-member BCS Presidential Oversight Committee meets Tuesday in Washington. The commissioners and Swarbrick all stressed that ultimately the decision lies with the presidents. And that they will have more than just one model to talk about at their meeting.

The Big Ten and Pac-12 presidents have both expressed support for the so-called plus-one model, which gives the BCS a new look by selecting the championship game participants after the bowls are played instead of creating a pair of national semifinals.

“I’m comfortable both of those will still be discussed at the president’s meeting,” Delany said.

Discussed, yes. But unless something unexpected happens in Washington, a playoff will take another step to becoming a reality.

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