Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark’s support for an expanded College Football Playoff with 11 at-large berths appears to be unwavering.
Yormark said in his opening remarks at Big 12 media days on Tuesday that he was “doubling down” on the idea of a 16-team playoff with just five guaranteed bids. The 5+11 model is one of two ideas that have been floated for a bigger playoff along with a format that would give the Big Ten and SEC twice as many guaranteed bids as the Big 12 and ACC.
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“We continue to believe the 5 and 11 model proposed by the Big 12 and the ACC is the right playoff format for college football,” Yormark said. “We want to earn it on the field. We do not need a professional model because we are not the NFL. We are college football and we must act like it.”
The 2025 season is the second year for the 12-team playoff, but no format has been decided on for 2026 and beyond. If the playoff expands to 16 teams, the 5+11 model appears to have the most support. Yormark said that he expects ACC commissioner Jim Phillips to continue to echo that support while coaches in the SEC appeared to approve of the idea at the league’s spring meetings.
The format with more guaranteed bids has support from the Big Ten. In that idea, the Big Ten and SEC would each get a minimum of four teams in a 16-team playoff while the ACC and Big 12 would be guaranteed two. A spot would go to the highest-ranked conference champion outside of those four conferences and then three other teams would be granted at-large berths.
Conference commissioners and Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevecqua need to decide on the future playoff format by the end of the 2025 season.
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In the 5+11 format, the five highest-ranked conference champions would get into the field like they did in 2024 with the rest of the field made up…
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Author : Nick Bromberg
Publish date : 2025-07-08 17:25:00
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