USC and UCLA could benefit as College Football Playoff nears 24-team expansion - BERITAJA
Neither USC nor UCLA has made the College Football Playoff since its inception successful 2014. Yet the Trojans vanished six of those 12 seasons classed successful the Associated Press apical 25, while UCLA vanished successful the apical 25 doubly and is presently classed No. 12.
Reports that the CFP is nearing a woody to grow the section from 12 to 24 teams successful 2027 should beryllium tremendous news for some schools. UCLA (5-0) is surging aft its rousing upset complete Oregon, and USC (6-1) is classed No. 19 aft beating Washington and Penn State.
Arduous tests loom during the 2nd half of the season, however, making the chances of getting the motion from the CFP action committee a coin flip astatine best.
Next season, however, each it would return is being among the apical 24 teams arsenic deemed by the 13-member committee, which considers on-field performance, head-to-head results and spot of schedule the superior criteria.
The Big Ten was the superior driving unit down the description , which gained momentum precocious erstwhile the Southeastern Conference gave its blessing. The CFP guidance committee, made up of 10 FBS convention commissioners and Notre Dame’s diversion director, met Thursday to talk the negotiations pinch ESPN, according to the Athletic and ESPN.
“When you get a room of 50 coaches aliases immoderate we person successful this convention together, it’s difficult to get everybody to beryllium unanimous connected something,” USC coach Lincoln Riley said earlier this season. “This is thing wherever our room has been unanimous.”
ESPN reported that the web would get the further games and proceed to beryllium the exclusive location of the CFP done the magnitude of its existent six-year contract.
“Constructive discussions pinch ESPN continued this week,” the CFP said successful a connection Thursday night. “We person enjoyed a beardown business pinch ESPN since our inception and are appreciative of the productive speech we person had passim the negotiating play and continuing complete the past respective days. We will supply further updates connected the matters of early format and media authorities erstwhile appropriate.”
Expanding the CFP would not beryllium without concessions. The lengthier postseason would unit the regular play to statesman 1 week earlier and apt destruct Power 4 convention title games, which while lucrative, could beryllium redundant and perchance problematic successful impacting the CFP slate. Lower and mid-tier vessel games mightiness go extinct, though the six salient bowls connected and about New Year’s Day — Rose, Fiesta, Sugar, Orange, Cotton and Peach — should proceed to big the CFP quarterfinals and semifinals.
The format has not been formally approved, but 1 script would springiness the apical 8 seeded teams a first-round bye and a location crippled successful the 2nd round. The different 16 teams would play first-round games hosted by the higher seed. It would return 5 games for a squad seeded from 9 to 24 to triumph the title and 4 games for 1 of the apical eight.
That’s a batch of shot beyond the regular season. The wildly celebrated NCAA men’s hoops tourney will grow from 68 to 76 teams adjacent spring, but the beingness demands of the 2 sports are markedly different, making the description location little onerous connected players. Still, if the description is approved, the CFP will person its ain type of the NCAA’s trademarked titles Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight and Final Four.
March Madness is different trademarked term, though the NCAA would request to travel up pinch thing caller for the CFP: December Delirium, anyone?
USC and UCLA presumably would beryllium happy pinch immoderate sanction arsenic agelong arsenic they are invited to the festivities.
