The College Football Playoff is on its way towards expanding.
That’s right. According to various reports, there is a recommendation on the table for the CFP to expand to 12 teams as early as 2023.
The new format would see the top six conference champions and six at-large teams make the cut. The top four conference champions would then receive a first-round bye as the other eight schools battle to advance in the bracket.
The move’s impact on the sport, its schedule and its postseason is complicated and hard to unpack. But I am here now with 5 big thoughts on what the expanded playoff will do to college football, and what it will to do Wisconsin specifically.
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Here they are: