College football playoff: what if it expanded to 12 teams?


You read about the Forde Bowl subdivision realignment plan Monday on this website. Today, let’s look at what it would look like if it were implemented by 2020. What we would have is simply the best postseason * in the history of college football.

(* This assumes there will be a season, of course, and a subsequent postseason. There are no guarantees at this time.)

The best and biggest tiebreaker would start with Selection Sunday, November 29. A group of 12 teams would be revealed: 10 automatic offers to conference champions, two teams generally chosen by a selection committee, all seeded by that committee.

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