VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. — Nick Saban’s talking points about College Football Playoff expansion remain very similar, no matter how many teams are involved.
The former Alabama football coach was never for expanding the CFP, he said, viewing bowl games as too important to the tradition of college football.
But with the CFP expanded to 12 teams in 2024 and 2025, and with a proposed 16-team model in the works, Saban, viewing bowl games as less significant, is bought in to more expansion.
“I think expanding the playoff and having as many teams involved as we can, without playing too many games for the players — I think that is a little bit of a concern — it’s probably a good thing,” Saban said at the Nick’s Kids Golf Tournament at the Old Overton Club in Vestavia Hills.
According to Yahoo Sports, the proposed 16-team CFP bracket would include automatic bids for both the Big Ten and the SEC with the ACC and Big 12 getting two and a Group of 6 team and three at-large bids.
In 2022, before the CFP expanded to 12 teams, Saban used many of the same talking points, viewing himself as one who aims to “protect the bowl game.”
“I’m for having a 12-team playoff, as long as we don’t make the players play too many games,” Saban said in 2022.
Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at cgay@gannett.com or follow him @_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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