With College Football Playoff change looming, a 12-team model leads the way

[Chris McLaughlin]

This is the dream for a school like Marshall, right?

How would 12 teams work? The basic thought is automatic bids for the five major conferences — which also juices up their league title games as play-in games — and one for the highest ranked Group of Five champion. The other six spots would be at-large bids. That gives automatic bids to some of the have-nots and more potential spots for the more powerful leagues, and compromise is important in a vote where consensus is needed.

With College Football Playoff change looming, a 12-team model leads the way

While popular sentiment has the College Football Playoff expanding to an eight-team tournament, that isn't the focus of the sport's power brokers.

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[RhinoD]

Ive long advocated for 8 teams... 5 P5 champs, 1 G5 team and 2 at-large.

12 would be fine too as long as the auto bids are in place... I think it would basically be the 6 auto bids, the next two teams from the SEC, the next two from the Big10, second place in the Big12 and Notre Dame. Im okay with that as long as the highest ranked G5 has some semblance of a chance (beit perceived or real).