As the powers that be in college football try to agree on the College Football Playoff structure that will start in 2026, shots are being fired across the bow.
In May, just before the SEC’s annual spring business meetings, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey openly stumped for a 16-team model with four automatic bids each for his conference and the Big Ten, two each for the ACC and Big 12 and one for the Group of Five conferences with three at-large bids.
"If you actually go back and do the research, that kind of format could cost us positions depending on the number of teams," Sankey said.