When the College Football Playoff expanded from four teams to 12 a year ago, everybody assumed that the postseason format was not done growing. But what people didn’t know at the time was how much larger it would get.
The common consensus was 16 teams, which would secure additional spots for the Big Ten and SEC, which are driving expansion talks, as well the potential of an additional at-large spot or two?
But how about 24 teams? Or even 28? According to reports on Saturday, that’s the proposal that the Big Ten has put on the table.
Big Ten Tries To Ruin College Football With Wildly Expanded Playoff Format
Nicole Auerbach of NBC Sports reports that the Big Ten is in the “very early” stages of a 28-team College Football Playoff proposal. The format would expand automatic qualifying sports for all of the Power 4 conferences and add an additional spot for Group of 5 teams.
Auerbach states that the proposed format would promise seven spots each to the SEC and Big Ten, five each to the ACC and Big 12, two to the Group of 5 and two at-large spots.
The idea was described to me as 7 spots for Big Ten, 7 spots for SEC, 5 for ACC, 5 for Big 12, 2 G5, 2 at-large. First two rounds would be played on campuses. First round could be played during the current conference championship weekend.
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) August 16, 2025
Now, the drawbacks of the proposed format are obvious. For one, it would make the regular season almost entirely meaningless for the top programs in college football. A world where programs like Ohio State, Alabama, Texas and many others don’t finish in the top seven of their conference does not exist.
The only thing that would matter is playing well when the College Football Playoff arrives.
And while some might argue that the format will provide opportunities to additional teams, many of those teams don’t particularly deserve a chance to play for a national championship, even if they were to make a playoff run.
Expanded College Football Playoff Would Include A Number Of Undeserving Teams
If the 28-team format were in place a year ago, the following teams would’ve all qualified for the College Football Playoff: Syracuse, Louisville, Baylor, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, LSU, and Army.
Can anyone who watched college football last year look at that list and claim with a straight face that those teams deserved a chance to play for a championship?
Yes, it’s unlikely that any of them would make a deep playoff run. But even if they did, why should they be given the opportunity? Playoff success does not necessarily imply that a team deserved to be in the playoffs; otherwise, you could just skip the regular season entirely.
With any sense, this proposal dies before it even gets a chance to gain steam. But as we’ve seen previously, if there’s money to be made, people are going to make it. Even if that means sacrificing the integrity of a championship.
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Big Ten Proposes Horrible New College Football Playoff Format That Would Shoehorn In Bad Teams
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