Big, bad SEC here to rain on Memphis football's playoff dreams – and Tulane's too | Toppmeyer

[cousin oliver]

College football’s little guy just can’t have nice things.

Group of Five conferences were momentarily teased with a potential benefit from the Pac-12’s impending doom.

With that conference in ashes, that would broaden the avenue for the Group of Five to secure a second bid to the 12-team College Football Playoff, set to debut in 2024.

The approved playoff format doesn’t guarantee bids for any particular conference, but the format of automatic bids for the top six conference champions, plus six at-large bids, created the likelihood of five Power Five automatic qualifiers, with the remaining bid fought over by the Group of Five.

The Pac-12 is nearly out of the picture, though, and that would open room for, say, Tulane and Boise State to claim automatic bids. Or, Troy and Fresno State. Get it in gear, Memphis. This is your chance.

read more:  https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/college/SEC/2023/08/16/college-football-playoff-format-ncaa-conference-realignment-sec/70586527007/

[DentonLurker]

Nobody really thought they’d leave that door open, did they?

[TheColonyEagle]

Doing away with any conference affiliation for the playoff is the best thing for them.  They’ll just do away with it and put in who they want. Pretty simple.