Key tweak to College Football Playoff selection process set to be finalized as future format questions remain

FRISCO, Texas — Although the future format of the College Football Playoff remains in flux, a key tweak to the selection process is set to be finalized in August. 

The CFP is expected to present its final version of new, refined metrics involving strength of schedule in mid-August, when its 13-person selection committee convenes in Colorado Springs for their annual preseason meetings, CFP executive director Rich Clark told CBS Sports on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the debate on whether to expand the playoff from 12 to 16 teams — and reward multiple automatic qualifiers to the Big Ten and SEC — still hangs over the head of the sport, with no resolution in sight other than the promise of a looming Dec. 1 deadline that will force the 10 FBS commissioners and Notre Dame athletics director Pete Bevacqua to make a decision. Clark confirmed the CFP’s executives have not met since June, when format discussions restarted with multiple formats for 12-, 14- and 16-team fields on the table. Executives are not scheduled to meet in person again until Sept. 24.

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“I know they want to [decide] before [Dec. 1],” Clark said. “They want to get it resolved so that they can make decisions within their conferences and the rest of college football can make decisions as well.”

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Author : Brandon Marcello

Publish date : 2025-07-08 20:12:00

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