There has apparently been plenty of chatter about the four-team College Football Playoff format eventually quadrupling in size.
"Sixteen just seems to be out there," Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said Tuesday, per Pete Thamel of ESPN. "You can't ignore it."
While Smith, whom Thamel called "the most powerful athletic director in the Big Ten," clarified that there have not been formal discussions about increasing the field to 16, he said the topic has come up multiple times.
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