College Football Playoff Expansion Talks Inch Forward
Dec 1, 2021, 6:22 PM
IRVING, TX - OCTOBER 16: A detail view of the College Football Playoff logo shown during a press conference on October 16, 2013 in Irving, Texas. Condoleezza Rice, Stanford University professor and former United States Secretary of State, was chosen to serve as one of the 13 members that will select four teams to compete in the first playoff at the end of the 2014 season. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
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DALLAS (AP) — The latest meeting on expanding the College Football Playoff has wrapped up in Dallas without any announcement.
Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby says the CFP management committee made good progress but works remains.
The next meeting could come in January.
.@CFBPlayoff management committee agrees @CFBPlayoff should expand & prefers 1st round games played on campus, sources told @ActionNetworkHQ. However, they can't agree if Power 5 conferences receive auto bids or not. That's biggest hold up, sources said. Next meeting in January
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) December 1, 2021
CFP Executive Director Bill Hancock says there remains a strong consensus to expand the four-team field.
How and when remain under discussion.
A proposed 12-team model unveiled in June is still at the heart of the discussions.
There is still hope it can be implemented for the 2024 season.
