As the college football season approaches, all eyes were on the College Football Playoff committee. It was announced on Monday that the committee will move forward with the playoff, even without the Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences. It was an expected decision, going forward with three of the Power Five conferences still in play for the upcoming season.
As fans are aware, six conferences have announced their intention to play, and so the selection committee has established its meeting schedule in order to be prepared,” CFP executive director Bill Hancock said at the time. “We will continue to monitor the situation and if anything changes, the committee will be ready to adjust as needed.
The interesting part is that the committee has not made any plans for a spring version of the playoff according to reports. At this time it doesn’t appear that there will be a spring championship but this is a fluid situation and it could change at any time.
Key College Football Playoff dates
- November 17, 2020- initial rankings released
- November 24, 2020- rankings released
- December 1, 2020- rankings released
- December 8, 2020- rankings released
- December 15, 2020- final rankings released prior to selection day
- December 20, 2020- Selection Sunday
- January 1, 2020- College Football Playoff Semifinals Games
- January 11, 2020- National Championship Game
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While the CFP committee is moving forward with the playoffs, the same cannot be said about the Heisman Trust. Well, at least not yet. According to Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports, the group hasn’t decided if there will indeed be a Heisman Trophy awarded in the 2020-21 college football season.
No decision on Heisman at this point. Heisman Trust will make decision, obviously. No regular schedule to meet.
— Dennis Dodd (@dennisdoddcbs) August 24, 2020
The annual Heisman Memorial Trophy ceremony is a huge event. Quarterback Sam Ehlinger is looking at his final shot at the award, so this will be a situation to monitor. If they do move forward, Ehlinger will be looking to bring the trophy back to Austin for the first time since Ricky Williams won it. Both Vince Young and Colt McCoy game close to winning the trophy. Can the Austin native bring it home? That remains to be seen.
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