Urban Meyer gives strong stance on a change he believes is coming to the College Football Playoff

We are now into the quarterfinal of the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff. The first round of games didn’t really give a super close game, so that should change in the quarterfinal. Ohio State blew past Tennessee by a score of 42-17 and it was expected to be the closest game of the first round. […]

Brandon Little — Ohio State Buckeyes & Cleveland Browns News Writer
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FOX Sports analyst Urban Meyer before the Big Ten Championship between the Michigan Wolverines and the Purdue Boilermakers at Lucas Oil Stadium. Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images

We are now into the quarterfinal of the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff. The first round of games didn’t really give a super close game, so that should change in the quarterfinal.

Ohio State blew past Tennessee by a score of 42-17 and it was expected to be the closest game of the first round. The Buckeyes took care of business and now get Oregon as a result, a team they won’t be blowing out like that.

Penn State, Notre Dame, and Texas all won their games by double digits as well. With the result of the first-round games, former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer thinks a change is coming to the CFP once again.

"The College Football Playoff, I think, is forever changed now. And that means if you don't play anyone, you're not gonna get in," Meyer said on “The Triple Option" podcast. "I think the public spoke and I think that you'll take a team that plays a rugged schedule over a team that just doesn't play anyone. That was the feedback I got."

Some folks wanted Ole Miss or Alabama in over Indiana and SMU. Sure, either team likely would have given a better test than the Hoosiers or SMU did. However, the committee went with the most deserving teams. Winning games is the most important thing and if you take care of your schedule, you are going to be in a good spot to get into the CFP.

However, Meyer believes that teams are going to have to start beating someone. Indiana had the doors blown off by the two good teams they played this season, which raises the question of whether or not they were of the level needed to play in the CFP.

It is going to be interesting to see how teams build their schedules going forward with how the first 12-man CFP was selected. Perhaps Meyer’s take is the way they go.

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