In just the first year of the new 12-team College Football Playoff format, we could be seeing another change as reported by Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports.
His sources are saying that the SEC and Big Ten are considering another expansion that would start after this coming season. The two conferences have what Dellenger called “sole discretion on the future CFP format starting in 2026,” which coincides with the new ESPN television deal.
This can only be good news for Notre Dame, as the chances to play for a title helped them this past fall and should going forward. Some of the changes that could happen are a 14-team field with the top two getting byes along with four automatic bids for the Big Ten and SEC or a 16-team with no byes.
As we saw, no teams that earned a bye advanced, so there is some questions about if that should be part of the playoff. It remains to be seen what kind of new format will be presented, but we should be bracing for changes in the future.
Within the Big Ten & SEC, momentum builds for an expanded playoff with multi-AQs per league.
Ahead of the SEC-B1G joint meeting, the industry is closer than ever to a new CFP, reimagined league title games, 9-game SEC sked & SEC-B1G scheduling packagehttps://t.co/Rcl99Wndj9
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) February 17, 2025
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