Members of Congress don’t win office by being ranked the top candidates by pollsters and computers, so why should the NCAA’s Division I football title be decided that way?

That’s the message Reps. Joe Barton (R-Texas) and Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) had for big-time college football on Thursday as they announced the formation of the Congressional Collegiate Sports Caucus, which they’ll chair together. And the caucus's first action is to introduce a bill calling for a playoff system in college football, similar to a 2008 Barton bill.