March 13, 2025
By Dan Morrison, On3 Sports: There have been conversations made to once again adjust the College Football Playoff. That includes changing the seeding process or potentially expanding the field. One of those new ideas includes automatic qualifiers, which Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark has now come out strongly against.
Yormark appeared at the Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tournament, explaining that he doesn’t want to see an artificial champion. He also emphasized the need to do what’s right for college football on the whole.
In the current Playoff model, which was expanded in 2024 for the first time as a 12-team Playoff, the top five ranked conference champions make the field. The top four of those champions get the first four seeds and a bye week.
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