Coaches are “swinging their support behind a remade and expanded college football postseason,” according to Ross Dellenger of YAHOO SPORTS. The American Football Coaches Association voted last week to “recommend that college leaders implement a playoff with ‘the maximum number of participants,’ discontinue conference championship games, preserve the Army-Navy game’s exclusive time window but hold other games on that day, and end the playoff by the second week of January.” The association is expected to “publicly release its decisions soon, most notable of which is the nod of support for a 24-team playoff and the elimination of league title games.” The coaches association is the “latest group to express support, publicly or privately, for a significant expansion of the sport’s postseason event -- a divisive topic that has divided CFP decision-makers over the years.” Over the last month, influential leaders on the CFP governance committee such as Big 12 and ACC commissioners Brett Yormark and Jim Philips, as well as Notre Dame AD Pete Bevacqua, have “swung their support behind a 24-team field -- a stark change from a few months ago when much of the committee, aside from Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti, supported a 16-team playoff.” Though the AFCA has no authority within the NCAA or CFP governance structure, the group includes “prominent coaching figures with influence over decision-makers, such as the conference commissioners and university presidents presiding over the CFP” (YAHOO SPORTS, 5/5).
Report: College football coaches latest group to back 24-team CFP
