Overview

• SEC commissioner Greg Sankey and Big Ten counterpart Tony Petitti are advocating a 16-team playoff with four automatic qualifiers for each league.
• ACC commissioner Jim Phillips and Big 12’s Brett Yormark publicly defended the new straight-seeding model while warning against unequal bid allocations.
• The CFP committee will adopt a straight-seeding system for the 2025 field, eliminating guaranteed byes for conference champions.
• Power conferences are pushing for greater NCAA autonomy as a potential House case settlement threatens to mandate revenue sharing with athletes.
• Discussion topics include an SEC ninth conference game, interleague scheduling partnerships and play-in games to boost television revenue.