College Football Playoff committee to present ‘5+7’ model, lowering number of auto-qualifiers, per reports

Amid convention consolidation, the College Football Playoff is poised to adjust its method for granting computerized and at-large bids as soon as the 12-team generation of the playoff starts subsequent season. The CFP Management Committee licensed a “5+7” type Friday that can see the 5 highest-ranked convention champions obtain computerized bids, in accordance to a couple of reports. The type nonetheless wishes approval from the CFP board, which is not slated to meet till early December.  

The transfer is a deviation from the former “6+6” type that granted computerized bids to the highest six convention champions. A splintering of the Pac-12 — which can see a minimum of 10 of the league’s 12 present individuals go away after the 2023-24 educational 12 months — created a herbal explanation why to revisit the CFP layout.

If the 5+7 layout is licensed, it’s going to nonetheless go away the door open for a non-power convention group to make the CFP on an annual foundation as the game transitions to a de facto “Power Four” comprised of the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten and SEC.

If the CFP proceeded with a 6+6 type amid realignment, it could have created a state of affairs wherein two of the game’s “have nots” can have made the playoff as computerized qualifiers by means of distinctive feature of successful their meetings.

While the Pac-12 would possibly proceed to exist as a emblem or felony entity, its credibility as an impressive soccer convention will probably be dramatically diminished starting subsequent season. UCLA, USC, Washington and Oregon are leaving for the Big Ten. Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah are headed for the Big 12. Cal and Stanford are leaving for the ACC. Left at the back of are Oregon State and Washington State, whose long-term convention properties stay some degree of uncertainty.