The future of the College Football Playoff is in some doubt moving forward. It’s clear that the major conferences, or at least the ones with most of the power, the SEC and Big Ten, want to expand the field. The problem is that neither of them can quite agree on a format.
There are plenty of smaller details to work out once the size of a field is decided, like how seeding works and how automatic bids are handled, but the most important debate is on how many teams to expand the field to. The SEC is pushing for a 16-team field. The Big Ten would like to see it jump to as many as 24 teams.
Publicly, the Big Ten appears to be on an island with this idea. However, it’s still managed to create a stalemate as it relates to the expansion of the CFP.
