No plans to expand College Football Playoff according to attendees of annual CFP spring meetings
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For the time being, the College Football Playoff plans to remain at four.
That’s the word following the annual College Football Playoff spring meetings from Irving, Texas. While Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany and former CFP committee member and Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez have publicly expressed their support for an expansion of the Playoff, it appears the Big Ten contingent may be alone in that stance.
ESPN senior writer Heather Dinich recently spoke with several of the attendees from the event, including SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey, ACC Commissioner John Swofford, Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott and Oregon Athletic Director and current CFP Chairman Rob Mullens. All of them issued their support of the current, four-team Playoff format.
When asked to share his thoughts on the current system, Sankey offered up this comment:
“The four-team college football playoff has achieved exactly what it was stated up front. I have not heard a variance from the principals. I think the board of managers, the presidents, were very clear in where we are.”
This news doesn’t guarantee the Playoff won’t be expanding in the future, you may recall the power brokers of the BCS system sang its praises up until college football shifted to the Playoff era, but for the time being, it looks like college football is happy keeping things the way they are in the near future.
The College Football Playoff currently has a television deal with ESPN through the 2025 season.
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com
