College Football Playoff expansion has been a hot topic of discussion all spring, and don’t expect it to disappear from the headlines any time soon. The sport is on the verge of some major potential changes.
Former Georgia superstar and former ESPN analyst David Pollack believes one thing is certain. Expansion isn’t over.
“Let’s talk about this: The reason why college football will continue to expand and is not going to stop at 12, just like we said it wouldn’t when it stopped at 4, at 6 … it’s just not,” Pollack said on the See Ball Get Ball podcast. “Whatever number you pick, it’s going to do more because it’s more money.”
If the current landscape in college football is any indication, that seems accurate in the short run, at the very least. Only last year did the field expand to include 12 teams.
Yet already talk of further expansion is ongoing. It seems likely, if not inevitable, that the field will grow beyond 12 when the media rights run out.
“If you go to 14, it’s more money,” Pollack said. “If you go to 14, by the way, you have two byes, which would be interesting. Less games played, less money, less TV products. We ain’t going to 14. That means we’re going to 16. That makes way more sense to me because now every team would play a game. Every game is going to be on television.”
Pollack isn’t one of the fans that’s worried about college football watering its product down with expansion. He’s in on a bigger College Football Playoff.
“All of us love college football and we don’t give a dang,” Pollack said. “Like I don’t care. I know you’re making a bunch of money. I’m happy. Like I’m almost sitting on my fat self couch and I’m going to dial it up, we’re going to talk about it and I absolutely love it, it’s the best sport on the planet.
“But, no, 16 is definitely going to get to the point where four SEC, four Big Ten, two ACC, two Big 12, so they get another one, which is good. And now you get to 10 and then you’ve got the 1+1 model, like you’re going to continue to get the plus-ones. The Group of Five champion is going to be in there. By the way, Notre Dame, just kind of, they talk about these meetings and it’s like the 10 decision-makers and Notre Dame’s AD. They’re in there. If they’re in the top 14, they get an automatic spot at the table.”
Will that be enough to produce a compelling college football product for the fans? Perhaps even more compelling than the current model?
Time will tell. But it’s coming, Pollack said.
“So you have this that’s going to come to fruition and more teams are going to get in from the two conferences that run college football because they have the power,” he said. “Like that’s just what it is. And then the ACC and the Big 12 fitting in and then the other ones coming in next, next, next. It’s more money, more television.”
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