Some Properties of Playoff Systems for NCAA I-A Football
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Properties of various knockout tournament designs are discussed and theoretical results presented. Potential playoff schemes for Division I-A football are examined via simulation studies. Several metrics, differing in number, selection and seeding of playoff teams, are used to assess the relative merits of playoff scenarios. 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.
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