Keeping the playoff at its current 12-team format is a grim reality for some, but it’s a possibility, perhaps even a probability as negotiations creep closer to the Dec. 1 deadline.

Still, if the SEC wants to consider a CFP model dominated by at-large selections, Big Ten leaders appear open-minded. On one condition: Time to play nine conference games, SEC.

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. — A new College Football Playoff model has emerged, one that would have helped Alabama football one season ago. As talks continue about potentially expanding the CFP to 16 ...

The ACC’s Jim Phillips and Big Ten’s Tony Petitti expressed opposing views Tuesday. The post Power Conference Commissioners Remain Split on CFP Expansion appeared first on Front Office Sports.

The rest of the CFP management committee, which is made up of the 10 Football Bowl Subdivision conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s athletic director, still needs convincing.

"Short of a prolonged weather snap, I wouldn't be surprised to see a Eur65-75 range through early 2024," Tim Atkinson of CFP Energy told S&P Global.

Notre Dame and Penn State have quite an extensive history together. Up until 1993, both teams were independents and their record against one another is deadlocked at 9-9-1.