College Football Playoff expansion has been a topic of debate since its formation. After years without progress, the CFP’s board of managers voted in favor of an expansion to 12 teams in September, effective in 2026.

Since then, the next discussion has been speeding up the process. Now that the ruling is set, the 10 conferences have been joining forces to help get it done.

“We’re trying. We’re committed to doing it,” ACC commissioner Jim Phillips told ESPN. “We really are, across 10 conferences and Notre Dame. We feel really good about the work that’s been done across all 10 conferences and Notre Dame these last five, six months. We’re really unified in trying to get it done. It’s just the logistics of this thing are difficult. Not insurmountable, but time is not a friend of ours right now. Time is not on our side.”

After feeling like four teams are too little for a Playoff along with the problem of top draft prospects sitting out high-profile bowl games, there is now a sense of urgency to bring in the 12-team Playoff.