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12 team playoff expansion building support

Amid fear of fan disinterest and dominance of a few teams from the same region, FBS commissioners are considering expanding the College Football Playoff from not just four to eight teams, but possibly into double digits, sources tell The Athletic.

“I sense 12 teams is building support,” one Power 5 athletic director told The Athletic.

Of the 28 available spots in the playoff since its inception in 2014, Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson and Oklahoma have occupied 20, creating an exclusive postseason each year that has left major conferences in the cold and regions of the national college football fanbase without a rooting interest at the end of the season.

Another suggested option in a larger field of playoff participants is an automatic bid for the highest-ranked Group of 5 champion, guaranteeing that elite smaller schools outside of the Big Ten, SEC, Big 12, Pac-12 and ACC would never be shut out of the Playoff completely. Expansion would likely ensure that a Power 5 conference champion would always make the Playoff. The Pac-12, Big 12 and Big Ten have all had seasons where they did not have a team qualify for the four-team Playoff.

The bowl system outside of the Playoff, however, could have further devaluation. “I don’t know how the bowls survive if they expand, to be honest,” a bowl executive told The Athletic.

Read more about the potential CFP expansion in the Go Deeper section below.

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Stewart Mandel, editor-in-chief, college football: The commissioners aren't oblivious to the nation's Alabama-Clemson fatigue. There's increasing concern that the unanticipated dominance of a select few teams in the same part of the country is affecting interest in the sport as a whole. Expanding the Playoff might not change who wins the national championship, but automatic berths for conference champions would ensure every part of the country is included and it would theoretically get some fresh faces into the dance. Last year, for example, Iowa State and Cincinnati would have been included in a 10- or 12-team field.

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Div I FCS  playoffs ongoing atm for anyone looking for a football fix. How it's went so far:

1st Round
 
South Dakota State 31-3 Holy Cross
Southern Illinois 34-31 Weber State
Delaware 19-10 Sacred Heart
Davidson 14-49 Jacksonville State
James Madison 31-24 VMI
Missouri State 10-44 North Dakota
North Dakota State 42-20 Eastern Washingston
Monmouth 15-21 Sam Houston State
 
Quarter Finals
 
South Dakota State 31-26 Southern Illinois
Delaware 20-14 Jacksonville State
James Madion 34-21 North Dakota
North Dakota State 20-24 Sam Houston State
 
Semi Finals
 
South Dakota State 8/5 Delaware
James Madison 8/5 Sam Houston State

South Dakota State have never made the FCS Championship game but have 10 FCS playoff appearances.
 
University of Delaware have 16 FCS playoff appearances with 1-3 record in the Championship game with their sole win coming in 2003. Outside of the FCS they won Div II in 1979 & 4 College Division Championships (the old second tier of the NCAA before current classification system).
 
James Madison University have 17 FCS playoff appearances & a 2-2 record in the Championship game. Last win in 2016.
 
Sam Houston State have 12 FCS playoff appearances with an 0-2 record in the Championship game last appearing in 2012. Also won the NAIA championship (the college level below NCAA) in 1964.

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