Whether tweaks to the College Football Playoff selection process will be enough to stave off a switch to an automatic qualifier-heavy model will be at the heart of discussions this week in Asheville, North Carolina, when 10 conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s athletic director meet.
The meetings, which begin Tuesday and run until Wednesday afternoon, are expected to center on the strength of schedule component of the selection process that has become a hot topic in the aftermath of conference meetings in May. The SEC, in particular, has been outspoken about the need to revamp a process it believes did not properly account for its conference prowess last season when it left out Alabama, Ole Miss and South Carolina from the 12-team field. It even distributed a seven-page memo entitled “A Regular Season Gauntlet” to assembled media members after its spring meetings last month in Florida.
In the aftermath of the cacophony of comments from SEC leaders questioning the need for a selection committee altogether, including from former member Scott Stricklin, CFP executive director Rich Clark will present data on strength of schedule and discuss possible tweaks to the SOS metric, sources familiar with the situation told CBS Sports.
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Author : John Talty
Publish date : 2025-06-17 13:56:00
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