The expansion of the College Football Playoff and NCAA Tournament faces significant delays. Commissioners Petitti and Phillips indicated different timelines for potential changes due to public opposition and financial challenges. Current expansion plans for March Madness to 72 or 76 teams show lost momentum, contingent on increased revenue from TV partners CBS and Turner. The College Football Playoff expansion to 16 teams is also at risk, with conflicting models proposed by the Big Ten and SEC further complicating agreement among conferences.
The push to expand March Madness to 72 or 76 teams in time for the upcoming season has lost momentum in the face of public opposition and financial challenges.
Phillips stated, 'It will be difficult to push it through this year...I want to do it in a really thoughtful, measured way,' indicating concerns about the expansion process.
The Big Ten favors a model based on automatic qualifiers, while the SEC prefers the 5+11 format that allocates five spots to the highest-ranked conference champions.
The ACC and Big 12 are closely aligned with the SEC and proposed the 5+11 model as an alternative to the Big Ten's proposal, showing a divide among the conferences.
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