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DAN WOLKEN
College Football

Opinion: Snubbed again, the Big 12, Pac-12, ACC desperately need College Football Playoff expansion

Dan Wolken
USA TODAY

Last week, the commissioners of all 10 Football Bowl Subdivision conferences met in Dallas for one more attempt at agreement on key details of expanding the College Football Playoff as soon as 2024. 

They left with some major issues still unresolved, which means the next negotiating opportunity won’t come before January. If you take their words at face value, the back-and-forth going on since this summer has left precious little time to do this before the current 12-year playoff contract expires after the 2025 season. If they don’t get this done in the next few weeks, we probably won’t see an expanded playoff until 2026. 

But on Sunday, the College Football Playoff committee sent a message to every conference besides the SEC: Take the deal or expect four more years of getting lapped and left out.