There has been a lot of buzz this week about the possible expansion of the College Football playoff to 12 teams. Per
Yahoo Sports:quote:
Yahoo Sports spoke to more than a dozen stakeholders Monday on every side of the playoff decision – university officials, athletic directors, media executives and others around college sports. Amid those conversations, a surprise emerged — officials on campuses, in conference offices and in the television world have expressed an openness toward a 12-team playoff as the most likely result.
While it’s unfair to say momentum has built toward a 12-team playoff before models have been presented to the commissioners or presidents, the 12-team model has emerged as the favored outcome over the eight-team playoff within the industry.
A potential 12-team playoff would likely be six automatic bids (Power 5 conference champions & the top-ranked Group of Five team) along with six at-large bids.
For the SEC, any expansion of the playoff would mean more teams from the conference playing for a National Championship, which is something the league would obviously favor. Per
CBS:quote:
While the SEC might not be overtly driving the discussion for 12 teams, such a structure would likely benefit the game's most powerful conference. In an eight-team bracket, the SEC would all but be guaranteed two spots annually. In a 12-team bracket, that number could be three or four teams given the current strength of the league and how well it performs in the CFP Rankings.
"The SEC wants more at-larges," one AD located in the South said.
What do you think?