COLUMBIA, Mo. — The future of the college football postseason, at the moment, is hanging between two equations. Which math best suits Missouri?
After only one season of an expanded 12-team College Football Playoff, the sport has promptly turned its attention to broadening the field even further, with eyes on a likely 16-team playoff starting in 2026.
The lingering questions over the matter are not about whether it would be good for the game or whether pitting the nation’s No. 1 team against the No. 16 team would be worthwhile. Rather, the debate is over how to divvy up those 16 spots between conferences engulfed in arguing the gulf between them.