The College Football Playoff management committee will hear a proposal to expand the playoff to a 12-team field, per multiple reports, which would include six conference champions and six at-large bids.
When the College Football Playoff management committee meets next week, it will hear a proposal for the playoff to expand to a 12-team field comprised of six conference champions with six at-large bids, multiple national news outlets reported Thursday. “No conference would qualify automatically and there would be no limit on the number of participants from a conference,” the proposal states, according to ESPN. Related Here’s what several national news outlets — including CBS Sports, The Athletic and ESPN — reported on the 12-team College Football Playoff proposal: Related That remains unclear, though don’t expect it to happen in the near future for the CFP, which has five more years on its original 12-year contractual agreement. The Athletic’s Nicole Auerbach reported Thursday that CFP executive director Bill Hancock said any changes would not go into effect this year or next, matching previous reports that any changes likely wouldn’t happen until 2023.
