The past 15 years have been a transformative time for the college football postseason. A sport that had a single championship game between two teams as recently as 12 years ago now has a 12-team playoff that appears destined to expand in the coming years.
If the Big Ten has its way, the group of teams competing for a national championship would be quite large — to put it mildly.
The league, one of the two most powerful and influential conferences in college athletics, has floated the idea of a 24- or 28-team playoff, according to a report on Saturday, Aug. 16 from ESPN. NBC Sports, which confirmed the Big Ten’s potential plan, reported that it would be a 28-team event.
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The idea, according to both outlets, is in the “very early stages.” Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti ran the idea by the conference earlier this week and it has started to be shared by others, according to ESPN.
