{"id":1161032,"date":"2025-05-12T08:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T14:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=1161032"},"modified":"2025-05-12T08:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T14:49:10","slug":"further-cfp-expansion-coming-as-16-team-playoff-reportedly-gains-momentum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/further-cfp-expansion-coming-as-16-team-playoff-reportedly-gains-momentum\/","title":{"rendered":"Further CFP Expansion Coming as 16-Team Playoff Reportedly Gains Momentum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>College football has experienced radical changes recently, including the first edition of the expanded 12-team playoff, and though reviews were mixed on the new format, the postseason will likely never decrease in size again.<\/p>\n<p>What does seem inevitable, however, is the playoffs\u2019 further expansion.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports, the potential for a 16-team playoff including automatic bids for conferences is now gaining support among top decision makers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The four power conference commissioners held an in-person meeting in New York on Thursday to discuss several issues, including a future playoff format, sources tell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YahooSports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@YahooSports<\/a>. Big Ten &amp; SEC &#8211; they control future format &#8211; continue to favor multiple AQs for their conferences.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RossDellenger\/status\/1920620823779348789?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The agreement would include four SEC bids, four Big 10 bids, two each for the Big 12 and ACC, one bid for the Group of Five, and three at-large bids, which could go to anyone who did not automatically qualify. With the continued rapid pace of developments, it wouldn\u2019t be a surprise to see the change in format enacted after the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>However, perhaps the most intriguing part of speculation from an SEC perspective is the installation of play-in games in the SEC. While the No. 1 and No. 2 teams \u2014 who normally would play in a title game \u2014 would receive bids, the No. 3 team would take on the No. 6, and No. 3 would take on No. 4 in order to determine who would receive the auto-bids.<\/p>\n<p>The change would once again place a major emphasis on conference races and attempt to keep the regular season valuable, something that the leagues obviously have an interest in doing.<\/p>\n<p>How long the modification will take to actually implement remains to be seen, but by the looks of things, it\u2019s probably time to start preparing for the new format.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>College football has experienced radical changes recently, including the first edition of the expanded 12-team playoff, and though reviews were mixed on the new format, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/further-cfp-expansion-coming-as-16-team-playoff-reportedly-gains-momentum\/\" title=\"Further CFP Expansion Coming as 16-Team Playoff Reportedly Gains Momentum\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4874,"featured_media":1100566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,91,10,145,147],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1161032","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-crimson-tide-bama-tide","8":"category-alabama","9":"category-tigers-plains-war-eagle","10":"category-auburn","11":"category-featured-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/del230923027_aub_vs_tamu.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4874"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1161032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1161033,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161032\/revisions\/1161033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1100566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1161032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1161032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1161032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}