The Big Ten’s plan for a rigged College Football Playoff ran out of gas. The SEC drained its fuel.
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The B1G rig ran out of gas. The SEC drained its fuel.
The Big Ten waged an all-out pursuit to rig the College Football Playoff with a stacked deck of automatic bids. Its plan for playoff evolution stalled after facing resistance from rival conferences.
The Big Ten lacked support from the SEC, a necessary ally, to advance a 16-team playoff that would preassign half the bids to the Big Ten and SEC.
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey extinguished what little life remained for the Big Ten’s auto-bid-laden plan when he put his foot down last week at his conference’s media days. If the SEC doesn’t secure one of the expanded playoff plans it desires, Sankey said, then it’s comfortable sticking with the current 12-team playoff format. And the SEC doesn’t want the Big Ten’s plan.
Well, that’s that then.
Big Ten’s College Football Playoff plan stalls without SEC support
The 12-team playoff will be in place for 2025. The format for 2026 and beyond remains under debate. To expand the playoff, the SEC and Big Ten would need to align behind a plan by a Dec. 1 deadline.
Sankey referenced multiple playoff plans the SEC remains willing to consider. Notable by its omission: The Big Ten’s plan that would earmark 13 of 16 spots as automatic bids preassigned to conferences.
“We’re going to have 5+7, 5+9, (or) 5+11,” Sankey said.
The Big 12 and ACC support the 5+11 plan. The SEC…
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