Mission of the Enhanced Bowl Season

The postseason of college football has evolved throughout the past century, from days predating the NCAA to the modern era of championship competition. Throughout this time, the core of the postseason remained: the bowl game. The bowls offer a rich tradition of enjoyable experiences for participants and benefits for local communities.

As college football continues to evolve, there have been repeated calls for changes to the postseason system. Athletic conferences, universities, coaches, student-athletes, alumni, fans, and members of Congress have been just some of the constituencies calling for modifications to the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). Some of these petitions have been for the adoption of a playoff system, which, if improperly implemented, would fail to assuage the concerns of BCS detractors, ruin the bowl tradition, and negatively affect those stakeholders most central to college football - the universities and their student-athletes.

The mission of the EBS is to create a postseason format that addresses the needs of all relevant stakeholders. This system is offered from no particular viewpoint, but rather as a neutral solution that attempts to address the concerns of all those involved. The EBS is meant to reduce the perceived unfairness that annually clouds the crowning of a national champion, preserve the intensity of college football's regular season, increase the excitement and vitality of existing bowl games, and deepen the great traditions that surround the college football landscape.

To view a full list of desired postseason characteristics, and the ways in which the EBS satisfies these criteria, you may view the What section or simply click here.