It took longer than necessary but College Football Playoff's new 12-team layout provides sweet spot for smaller conferences and expanded berths for the big boys. The latest from PaulMyerberg:
But the format offered by the Board of Managers behind the playoff comes the closest of any possible blueprint to including the widest range of FBS teams and conferences.
The six conference winners would ensure that at least one current Group of Five league will have a chance to play for and conceivably win the national championship. When was the last time these underdog leagues were given a legitimate shot at standing atop the sport? The Group of Five gets an automatic bid, and could theoretically place a second team as a conference champion or as an at-large bid.
There’s even the chance that assuring six conference bids saves an embattled league like the Pac-12, which has been and may continue to be poached by other Power Five peers but may be seen as more viable given the opportunity to always send at least one team to the playoff.
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