While college football voted to adopt a 12-team playoff model beginning in 2026, there are still plenty of obstacles to overcome before then.
DALLAS – Nothing is quick about college sports.
It’s not what you’d call a speedy industry. It does not walk—it crawls. In fact, college sports took so long to modernize its amateurism rules that politicians—politicians!—blew right past it.
And so, in no real surprise, college sports’ most powerful leaders last week adopted the same 12-team expansion model that was proposed in June 2021. Yes, it took 15 months. In fact, it took much longer.