Longhorns Daily News: SEC commissioner Greg Sankey reportedly worries of CFP expansion ‘tipping point’
NEW ORLEANS, LA - JANUARY 01: SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey looks on prior to the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl game between the Ole Miss Rebels and the Georgia Bulldogs on January 01, 2026, at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, LA. (Photo by Jeffrey Vest/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images SEC commissioner Greg Sankey is reportedly weary about the idea of expanding the College Football Playoff from its current 12-team format to 24 teams, as has been gaining traction amongst college football’s coaches in recent weeks. “To me, there is a tipping point in November where a game … that goes from, ‘Hey, we’re at 6-2 hanging on for dear life, we really don’t have a chance at a four-team playoff but you’ve been brought into it in the 12 team playoff,’ can go the other way, where a team two weeks out is in and feels good about hosting or not hosting depending on how large you go,” Sankey said, according to 247Sports .
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