LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Nebraska Athletic Director Troy Dannen was appointed to The College Football Playoff selection committee Monday.
According to Executive Director Rich Clark, Dannen will replace Damon Evans, who recently became the athletic director at Southern Methodist University.
NEWS: The College Football Playoff Management Committee has appointed Troy Dannen, AD at Nebraska, and Jeff Long, long-time college administrator and former AD at Kansas, Arkansas and Pitt, to the CFP Selection Committee.
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Jeff Long, a longtime college administrator and former chairman of the committee, was also appointed.
“We are pleased to have Troy and Jeff join the committee,” Clark said. “Troy brings a long commitment to college athletics to our group and previous experience as a member of the FCS Selection Committee, while Jeff, as the first chairman of the CFP selection committee (2014-15) will step in immediately and provide an experienced voice in the room.”
Dannen is in his second year as athletic director at the University of Nebraska.
During his first year in Lincoln, the Husker baseball program won its first Big Ten Tournament title, the men’s track and field team captured the Big Ten Outdoor crown, and the women’s track and field team posted its second straight top-10 NCAA finish, placing 9th.
Husker athletic teams have competed at a high level in 2024-25, highlighted by a Final Four trip for the volleyball team and a national runner-up finish by the wrestling program, the best in school history.
The committee said Dannen has been a leader in charting the course for a new era of collegiate athletics, serving from 2021-23 as a member of the NCAA Constitution Committee and the Division I Transformation Committee.
He also previously served as the chair of the NCAA Football Competition Committee and was an executive committee member of the Football Oversight Committee.
Dannen helped guide Washington’s transition to the Big Ten Conference and oversaw a Husky football program that reached its first CFP national championship in January 2024.
Dannen began his career in collegiate athletics with an eight-year stint as the athletic director at the University of Northern Iowa from 2008-15.
Prior to his time at UNI, Dannen served as the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union’s executive director for seven years, overseeing 400 high schools and 10 sports.
The CFP selection committee is responsible for ranking the top 25 teams, then assigning the top 12 teams to the playoff bracket.
The committee meets in person beginning in early November and produces a ranking each week leading up to its final selections.
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