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The Big 12 doing Big 12 things

The big news out of Big 12 meetings is that ostensibly "...the Big 12's best chance to reach the College Football Playoff is to expand to 12 teams and stage a conference championship game..." Dodd on CBS

The research is from an analytics firm hired by the league.

The numbers run by Chicago-based Navigate Research show the Big 12 has a 4-5 percent better chance of reaching the top four in the CFP by adding two teams, playing one less conference game and holding a championship game, commissioner Bob Bowlsby said Monday.