Sources: SEC, Big Ten building momentum to further expand College Football Playoff to 14 or 16 teams
The conferences are pushing to assign multiple automatic qualifiers per league, with as many as four each for themselves. In short, a plethora of changes are on the table.
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Starting in 2026:
- 14 or 16 team playoff with 1-3 wildcards
- 4 AQs for SEC/B1G each, 2 for ACC/Big 12 each, 1 for Group of 5
- SEC/B1G to scrap the CFP committee and rank teams themselves
- SEC going to nine conference games
- SEC/B1G entering a scheduling partnership for one non-con matchup per team per season
- Re-imagination of CCG weekend - likely scrap the CCG for a “CFP play-in” concept run by each conference with multiple games
- Group of Five will keep its one automatic spot through 2031 as part of the six-year extension with ESPN
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