Commissioners from college football’s FBS conferences are meeting this week, but so far, there haven’t been any new developments. According to Chris Vannini, a college football writer for The Athletic, Tuesday’s meeting with commissioners from the SEC, Big Ten, ACC, Big 12, and Group of 5 conferences concluded with “no decisions” regarding the College Football Playoff format for the upcoming seasons.
CFP meeting has ended with no decisions on 2025 or 2026 and beyond. ACC commissioner Jim Phillips says various models were discussed for all, more convos coming.
Greg Sankey and Tony Petitti left without speaking to reporters.
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) February 25, 2025
While ACC commissioner Jim Phillips indicated that “various models were discussed,” it looks like no conclusions are imminent. Vannini mentioned that potential seeding changes, including how conference champions are positioned, remain on the table, but any changes would necessitate unanimous approval from all conferences. Additionally, the commissioners from the ACC, Big 12, and Group of Five haven’t dismissed a 2025 seeding change, which might involve eliminating conference championship byes.
Commissioners from the ACC, Big 12 and G5 haven’t ruled out a 2025 CFP seeding change, which would require unanimous approval. Such as removing conference championship byes.
Said they’ve requested data from the CFP and will continue to discuss the idea.
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) February 25, 2025
Furthermore, while the SEC and Big Ten have reportedly discussed ways to expand the CFP to secure more automatic bids for themselves, these ideas have not been formally proposed. CFP executive director Rich Clark noted that the concept of additional auto-bids was broadly discussed without any formal proposition from the Big Ten and SEC regarding 2026 and beyond.
CFP executive director Rich Clark said the idea of more CFP auto-bids was broadly discussed but not formally proposed by the Big Ten and SEC (for 2026 and beyond).
Tony Petitti and Greg Sankey didn’t speak to reporters.
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) February 25, 2025
The format being discussed by the SEC and Big Ten proposes an expansion of the CFP to 14 or 16 teams, allocating four automatic berths each to both conferences, with six to eight spots left for the ACC, Big 12, and Group of 5 conferences. This expansion could also affect the structure of the conference championship weekend, potentially transforming it into a CFP play-in weekend. Moreover, ongoing discussions are considering a scheduling partnership between the SEC and Big Ten to increase their competitive matchups during the regular season.
As of now, nothing formal has been established, but changes could materialize quickly, as has been demonstrated in the world of college football.
