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12-Team Format Emerges as CFB Playoff Expansion Frontrunner

The college football postseason appears to moving to the old NFL postseason model.

Since its creation in 2014, the usual suspects have dominated the four-team field. Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson and Oklahoma have a combined 20 appearances, compared to just eight by all other FBS schools, none of which were from the Group of Five. Expansion has been a talking point for years and it’s coming closer to a reality.

Although new models have not yet been presented officially to the commissioners and presidents, Pete Thamel reports that there is a consensus among campus officials that a 12-team playoff is the most likely next step.