The Big Ten and SEC’s current expanded 16-team College Football Playoff proposal for the 2026 season and beyond revolves around access and the belief strength of schedule and regular-season results ultimately trump all other data points for entry.
Big Ten commissioner Tony Pettiti Pettiti told Fox Sports’ Joel Klatt in an interview this week that getting closer to a professional sports model from a postseason standpoint is an obvious goal for his conference, which starts with stressing the importance of conference finish and record in the regular season.
“I want more teams to feel like they’re chasing that opportunity to compete for a national championship,” Pettiti said Monday. “Teams can get hot late in the season. The fact they lose a game early shouldn’t disqualify them. To play more meaningful conference games as late as possible.”
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“It’s a really interesting job, when you’re playing conference games, you’re kind of stone-faced, you’re on the sideline and you can’t indicate any emotion,” Pettiti said. “When you get into these nonconference games, you’re living and dying like the people on campus are. The more we…
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Author : Brad Crawford
Publish date : 2025-06-30 21:01:00
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