College Football Playoff expansion officially delayed

It’s been quite a day for the College Football Playoff.

Ten FBS commissioners and Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick met in Dallas today to discuss CFB expansion. They discussed a potential 8-team or 12-team model, but resistance has been building.

Now, it sounds like things are on hold for a while.

There was supposed to be a meeting in Chicago next week with the CFP Board of Managers. It sounds like the board of managers will meet via Zoom and the commissioners will meet in Chicago, according to The Athletic’s Nicole Auerbach.

The presidents that make up CFP Board of Managers will meet via Zoom but will not travel to Chicago next week for “what will be an informational meeting,” Bill Hancock tells @TheAthletic. Commissioners will meet in Chicago as scheduled. No vote on expansion proposal next week.

— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) September 22, 2021

CFP executive director Bill Hancock tells @TheAthletic: “I’m certainly not disappointed. The process continues. We have time.”

— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) September 22, 2021

Bill Hancock tells @TheAthletic that an eight-team Playoff proposal came up in the commissioners’ meeting today but it there was “certainly not unanimous support” for it. Won’t speculate on whether this will end up at a 12-team model.

— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) September 22, 2021

CFP executive director Bill Hancock also released a statement regarding the discussions.

Brakes tapped on CFP expansion. Not slammed. Just tapped. pic.twitter.com/lpC8MfKy31

— Ralph D. Russo (@ralphDrussoAP) September 22, 2021

CFP expansion has been rumored for a while now, but things got complicated when Texas and Oklahoma announced they were leaving the Big 12 for the SEC. It’ll be interesting to see where things go from here.