The Clemson Insider · Jul 21, 2021
Swinney, Tigers not thrilled about CFP expansion
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney opposed college football’s transition from the BCS to the College Football Playoff in 2014 and unsurprisingly doubled down against the idea of CFP expansion to 12 teams.
In June this year, the CFP Management Committee announced a plan to expand the playoff from four teams to 12. The CFP Board of Governors still needs to approve the plan when it is officially presented in September.
The decision to expand the playoff to 12 teams rather than six or eight shocked a lot of people in the college football world. But Swinney was not surprised or particularly excited about the plan.