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College football’s administrative heavyweights are meeting in New Orleans beginning Wednesday, and it should come as no surprise where this is headed.
Revenue generation.
Or, this quick summation from universities to players: You want pay for play? We’re getting more games.
Not just an expansion of the College Football Playoff, which currently stands at 12 teams and could move to as many as 16. But an expansion of the championship weekend — which could evolve into a play-in week for the playoff.
Forget about CFP format. This is about financial survival.
One SEC athletic director, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the process, gave a rough outline of what championship weekend could look like to USA TODAY Sports. The Big Ten is also considering a similar structure.
● The top two seeds play in the conference championship game.
● The next six teams – determined by conference tiebreakers, if needed – will play in a No. 3 vs. No. 8, No. 4 vs. No. 7 and No. 5 vs. No. 6 format.
● The winners of those four games would move to the playoff. The losers would be available for at-large selections.
The obvious wrinkle: The loser of the championship game, the No. 2 team in the league, isn’t guaranteed a spot in the College Football Playoff.
Alabama wide receiver Germie Bernard is tackled by Tennessee defensive back Boo Carter during the second quarter at Neyland Stadium on October 19, 2024 in Knoxville, Tenn.
But university presidents in the SEC don’t want to diminish winning the conference championship, nor do they want to minimize a high-demand television game that will command great interest in future media rights negotiations ― potentially as a stand alone game.
If the proposed format was set for 2024, Georgia and Texas would’ve played in the SEC championship game, with the loser…
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Author : USA TODAY Sports
Publish date : 2025-02-18 11:07:00
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