Can't Wait For Saturday Surprise! Adding CFP teams means more happy programs
May 22—*** Once the idea of a 24-team College Football Playoff appeared to be a real possibility, I jumped on board. To me, expanded access is the most important goal for the CFP moving forward. Thanks to good work by the Big Ten and checked by the fine folks at The Athletic, we know what it would actually look like.
Turns out, had the 24-team field been in place since 2016, 80 different ...
May 22—*** Once the idea of a 24-team College Football Playoff appeared to be a real possibility, I jumped on board. To me, expanded access is the most important goal for the CFP moving forward. Thanks to good work by the Big Ten and checked by the fine folks at The Athletic, we know what it would actually look like.
Turns out, had the 24-team field been in place since 2016, 80 different programs would have made at least one appearance ... including Illinopis. To me, the giant number makes the decision for us.
Eighty is more than half the schools playing at the FBS level and that makes the discussion a no-brainer. Of course, the blue bloods would have gotten their share, with Alabama and Ohio State at the top of the list with 12, followed by Clemson (11), Georgia ad Notre Dame (10) and Oklahoma (nine). Fourteen of the 18 schools in the Big Ten would have made at least one appearance, All 16 SEC schools would have been invited at least once.