Commissioners To Report On CFP Expansion Talks To Presidents
Jan 9, 2022, 3:03 PM
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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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The administrators who manage the College Football Playoff will report on the progress of expansion talks to a presidential oversight committee on Monday.
The CFP management committee wrapped up about seven hours of meetings over two days in Indianapolis.
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Executive Director Bill Hancock says the group made progress, but gave no indication on whether a consensus was reached on a new format.
The board of managers, made up of 11 university presidents and chancellors representing each conference and Notre Dame, must approve any recommendation made by the commissioners.
Hancock said they are narrowing details and “it’s complex. Yesterday and today have been productive. They have more work to do. You’re just going to have to stand by. … we would like to be finished as soon as we can.”
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All the conferences support expanding the playoff from four teams, but the process has bogged down as the commissioners wrangled over how and when.
