NEW ORLEANS -- Following a joint meeting between athletic directors representing their respective conferences on Wednesday, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey and Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti said they agreed that the way teams are seeded in the 12-team College Football Playoff should change this fall.
This past season, the four highest-ranked conference champions earned the top four seeds and a first-round bye. It was one of the most controversial facets of the format because it allowed for ninth-ranked Boise State, which won the Mountain West Conference, to earn the No. 3 seed and for 12th-ranked Arizona State to earn the No. 4 seed.
This past season, the four highest-ranked conference champions earned the top four seeds and a first-round bye. It was one of the most controversial facets of the format because it allowed for ninth-ranked Boise State, which won the Mountain West Conference, to earn the No. 3 seed and for 12th-ranked Arizona State to earn the No. 4 seed.
Third-ranked Texas and fourth-ranked Penn State were runners-up in their respective conferences, but they couldn't be seeded higher than Nos. 5 and 6 because the top four seeds were reserved for conference champions.
A popular suggestion to change the seeding for this fall is to use the selection committee's ranking for the seeding while still making room for the five highest-ranked conference champions.
In that model, the committee's top four teams would earn the top four seeds and first-round byes, regardless of whether they were conference champions.
The SEC and Big Ten have the bulk of control over what the CFP will look like when the new contract with ESPN begins following the 2025 season. That power was part of the negotiation process that also included guaranteed access for conference champions and certain protections for Notre Dame.
College football teams could soon be charged with a timeout or penalty for players faking injuries well after plays during games.
The NCAA football rules committee has proposed a timeout to be charged whenever medical personnel enter the field to evaluate players after the ball has been spotted for the ensuing play.
College football teams could soon be charged with a timeout or penalty for players faking injuries well after plays during games.
The NCAA football rules committee has proposed a timeout to be charged whenever medical personnel enter the field to evaluate players after the ball has been spotted for the ensuing play. Teams without timeouts would be assessed a five-yard delay-of-game penalty for each instance.
i am in favor but there would b many controversial calls 
i am in favor but there would b many controversial calls
@KellyM_1964
Yeah but something has to be done. Just have to live with it.
Big 12 moves 10 games to Friday night in 2025
On the opening weekend of the season, Baylor will host SEC team Auburn and Colorado will be home against ACC team Georgia Tech on Aug. 29. Arizona plays at Arizona State and Utah is at Kansas on Nov. 28, the day after Thanksgiving.
There will also be two games Sept. 12,
with Colorado at Houston and Kansas State at Arizona.
The other four Friday night games are
Tulsa at Oklahoma State (Sept. 19),
TCU at Arizona State (Sept. 26),
West Virginia at BYU (Oct. 3) and
Houston at UCF (Nov. 7).
The change is one of the terms of a legal settlement announced Monday between the NCAA and a group of state attorneys general, who sued the association last year claiming that the restriction on NIL negotiations violated federal antitrust law.
New can of worms this
I'll say! Now they can BUY recruits...
I'll say! Now they can BUY recruits...
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