The overwhelming majority of athletic directors want the college football playoff to expand.
According to a survey from Stadium, 88% of FBS athletic directors want the playoff to expand from the current four team format. When it comes to future formats, 72% want eight teams, 66% believe the highest ranked Group of Five team should be in, 66% of ADs favor a format that features the Power 5 conference champs, two at-large bids and the highest ranked G5 team. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)
If the playoff does expand to eight teams, 53% of ADs favor first round games being played on the campus of the higher rated team.
In @Stadium survey, 88% of FBS ADs want expanded @CFBPlayoff when current deal ends in 2025-26. 72% want 8-teams, 11% 16-teams. ADs (by 66% to 14% margin) believe Group of 5 should get guaranteed bid & also favor quarterfinals being played on campus https://t.co/FL4qKF0DvV
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) April 9, 2020
Expansion is coming sooner or later. It’s not a matter of if it happens. It’s only a matter of when it happens for college football.
Money drives everything, and there’s way too much money on the table for expansion to not happen. It’s that simple.
I hope like hell it does expand soon. I’ve been saying for a very long time that we need eight teams, and I’ve always said the best format is P5 champions, two at-large bids and the best G5 team.
It now seems like more and more ADs are getting behind the movement. I certainly hope my check is in the mail for helping them out.
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Aggressive expansion is on the horizon, and I can’t wait to find out how it all shakes out. I honestly think my eight team idea is the best way to go, and I think that’s where we’ll end up.
Whether or not the NCAA cuts me a check for $1 billion for suggesting the idea remains to be seen.
