In breaking news of a recommendation for expansion of the College Football Playoff Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde and Ross Dellenger noted the 12-team proposal doesn’t include automatic bids for all Power 5 champions or limit Group of 5 teams to one bid for the highest-ranked conference champion.
Because the field would include the six highest-ranked conference champions (from any of the 10 FBS conferences) and the six remaining highest-ranked teams, it could, realistically, feature multiple Group of 5 conference champions. To my surprise, this detail has too often been overlooked, misunderstood, or misrepresented in coverage since the news broke on Thursday.