🏈 CFP presidents have unanimously approved to expand the College Football Playoff to 12 teams

 

[50+yeartidefan]

I agree that schedule strength will make a big difference for those six at-large spots, where you have - post conference championship games - a pile of two- and three-loss teams.

Looking at the CFP rankings for 2021, 2019 and 2018 - I tossed out 2019, just too much noise - here are the final CFP rankings pasted at the bottom - I just included 1 through 15. In 2021, top six conf champs would be numbers 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7. All else held equal, GA would move from 3 to 5, and you'd have three SEC teams. In 2019, 1-4 are all champs so no change there (treating ND as the ACC champ), and four SEC teams are in (I know there would be an argument of a three-loss aubrun in over Bama...). In 2018, more of a jumble. An undefeated ND is bounced out of the top four (they cannot get a bye as an independent), replaced by no. 6 OSU. ND would be 5, GA 6, and four SEC teams get in. 2017 would bounce swap Bama and OSU, and we'd have three in.

Given the rankings each year, I don't envision a 12-team field with less than three SEC teams each year.

RTR,

Tim



2021

1	Alabama	12-1		2
2	Michigan	12-1		-
3	Georgia	12-1		2
4	Cincinnati	13-0		-
5	Notre Dame	11-1		1
6	Ohio State	10-2		1
7	Baylor	11-2		2
8	Ole Miss	10-2		-
9	Oklahoma State	11-2		4
10	Michigan State	10-2		1
11	Utah	10-3		6
12	Pittsburgh	11-2		3
13	BYU	10-2		1
14	Oregon	10-3		4
15	Iowa	10-3		2

2019:

RK	TEAM	REC		TREND
1	LSU	13-0		1
2	Ohio State	13-0		1
3	Clemson	13-0		-
4	Oklahoma	12-1		2
5	Georgia	11-2		1
6	Oregon	11-2		7
7	Baylor	11-2		-
8	Wisconsin	10-3		-
9	Florida	10-2		-
10	Penn State	10-2		-
11	Utah	11-2		6
12	Auburn	9-3		1
13	Alabama	10-2		1
14	Michigan	9-3		-
15	Notre Dame	10-2		-

2018:

RK	TEAM	REC		TREND
1	Alabama	13-0		-
2	Clemson	13-0		-
3	Notre Dame	12-0		-
4	Oklahoma	12-1		1
5	Georgia	11-2		1
6	Ohio State	12-1		-
7	Michigan	10-2		-
8	UCF	12-0		-
9	Washington	10-3		2
10	Florida	9-3		1
11	LSU	9-3		1
12	Penn State	9-3		-
13	Washington State	10-2		-
14	Kentucky	9-3		1
15	Texas	9-4		1

2017:

RK	TEAM	REC		TREND
1	Clemson	12-1		-
2	Oklahoma	12-1		1
3	Georgia	12-1		3
4	Alabama	11-1		1
5	Ohio State	11-2		3
6	Wisconsin	12-1		2
7	Auburn	10-3		5
8	USC	11-2		2
9	Penn State	10-2		-
10	Miami	10-2		3
11	Washington	10-2		2
12	UCF	12-0		2
13	Stanford	9-4		1
14	Notre Dame	9-3		1
15	TCU	10-3		4

Just think 2019. It would take a lot of looking to convince me bama wasnt a top 12