"The number of teams without a realistic chance is closer to 100 than 80, if we're being honest about the balance of power across the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten and SEC, plus the Group of Five, which will become the Group of Six when the Pac-12 reforms next fall. Put another way: Approximately 30 teams enter each season with a reasonable path into the CFP through the at-large pool. All 30 are members of the Power Four (and Notre Dame)."
"For the 68 teams in the American, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, Sun Belt and rebuilt Pac-12, there is just one bid available it's reserved for the highest-ranked champion of those conferences and that will remain the case if the CFP expands to 14 or 16 teams next season. Yep, one bid for 68 teams across six conferences. And if critics of the current process had their way, the Group of Six would not be guaranteed any spots in the CFP moving forward"
Approximately 30 teams enter each season with a reasonable path into the College Football Playoff via at-large bids. Those 30 teams are members of the Power Four conferences and Notre Dame. The remaining 68 teams across the American, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, Sun Belt and rebuilt Pac-12 effectively compete for a single guaranteed CFP bid reserved for the highest-ranked champion among them. That single-bid reality will persist even if the CFP expands to 14 or 16 teams. Attempts to remove Group-of-Six access would provoke antitrust challenges and ignore Cinderella value and competitive fairness.
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