As you have read, the Big Ten and SEC are plotting to transform the College Football Playoff into the Tony Petitti/Greg Sankey Invitational. They want their conferences to be guaranteed four automatic berths each in an expanded 14-team field, versus two for the peons in the ACC and Big 12.
Currently, in the 12-team CFP, only the champions of those conferences qualify for an automatic berth, leaving seven at-large spots. In the proposed Petitti/Sankey Invitational, the first- through fourth-place teams in their conferences are automatically in, regardless of where they’re ranked by the committee.
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Mandel: Big Ten, SEC leaders set to light college football aflame
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