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The college football landscape looks far different than what it did about a decade ago and you can thank things like Name, Image and Likeness, the transfer portal, and increasing streams of revenue for it all. Because of it, there are some conferences that are going along for the ride, and others that are grabbing onto the steering wheel and trying to drive this whole thing into their parking spot of choice.
The Big Ten and SEC are among the latter. They rule college football these days because of the television contracts and revenue those two monster conferences bring in. And now, it appears as though the two are looking to steer expansion of the College Football Playoff from 12 teams to 14 or 16 according to a report from Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger.
This all stems back to some sticking points during the last round of meetings that brought about the current playoff model. Without being a fly on the wall, there was some push and shove between the Big Ten and SEC, and the rest of the conferences that ultimately led to an agreement signed away to the two major conferences that left the duo with the majority of the power to shape future conversations and plans with the CFP model.
And now, with the current CFP agreement set to expire with ESPN at the end of 2025, the two conferences are ready to wield that power and ask for an expansion of the current field to 14 or 16 teams. Also included, according to the story, are some automatic spots up for grabs with the Big Ten and SEC receiving four automatic qualifiers, two for the ACC and Big 12, and one for the non-Power Four conferences. That would then leave one or three at-large spots available that Notre Dame would grab if ranked within the Top 14.
Within the Big Ten & SEC, momentum builds for an expanded playoff with multi-AQs per league.
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Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/article/big-ten-sec-pushing-expanding-183448064.html
Author : Buckeyes Wire
Publish date : 2025-02-19 18:34:00
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