Future CFP format still undecided after meeting

ROSEMONT, Ill. -- The aboriginal format of the College Football Playoff remains undecided aft the CFP's absorption committee met concisely astir it connected Wednesday astatine the Big Ten's headquarters.

The radical met for implicit 4 hours successful a regularly scheduled concern gathering but lone spent astir 20 minutes talking astir the format for 2026 and beyond. CFP leaders person a contractual work to fto ESPN cognize by Dec. 1 if they privation to grow the tract beyond 12 teams. To marque immoderate changes to it, the Big Ten and SEC person to hold connected what it should look similar due to the fact that they person the bulk of power implicit the aboriginal format. They've been astatine an impasse for months. Various models person been presented -- from the presumption quo to the Big Ten's thought of a 28-team tract -- but CFP enforcement manager Rich Clark said staying astatine 12 for different twelvemonth isn't facing overmuch absorption close now.

"My consciousness is the country is comfy with that, if that's wherever we go," Clark said, "and wherefore they're astir apt not excessively pressed with rushing to a decision. If they tin find clip to person a discussion, and marque a decision, they privation to person that opportunity."

Clark said everything remains connected the table, though, including automatic qualifiers.

"They privation to beryllium capable to sermon things and recognize the pros and cons for each enactment that's there," Clark said. "They don't privation to marque a determination until they've done the enactment and enactment the enactment successful and recognize each facet of the decisions they're going to make."

Clark said determination isn't different gathering scheduled for this twelvemonth with the afloat CFP absorption committee, which includes the 10 FBS commissioners and Notre Dame diversion manager Pete Bevacqua. The commissioners volition apt proceed to sermon it successful "smaller radical sessions," Clark said. The radical isn't expected to conscionable successful idiosyncratic again until the nationalist title crippled successful January.