Administrators from the Group of 5 conferences—the American Athletic Conference, Sun Belt, Mountain West, Mid-American Conference and Conference USA—have discussed a potential "G5-only postseason playoff or even wide-scale G5 realignment with the involvement of private equity."
Chris Vannini of The Athletic reported that news on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports broke news that ex-Tennessee football head coach Derek Dooley was pitching G5 schools on the idea of a playoff involving only programs from those conferences.
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