Greg Sankey reveals SEC’s stance on College Football Playoff after adopting 9-game schedule

The SEC officially moving to a nine-game schedule provides a singular answer and a lot more questions. Specifically around the College Football Playoff, where the next major decision now revolves around the event’s format. A decision is needed within the coming months and as things stand, not all power conferences agree.

Greg Sankey made sure to state where the SEC stands when appearing on The Paul Finebaum Show. Nothing has changed on his end, wanting the CFP to expand from 12 to 16. Getting clarity on the selection process helped strengthen his belief in the model.

“One thing I want to be clear about is that we have preferred a 16-team format,” Sankey said. “I said that when we were together in Destin, at least at the end of our week in Destin, with the maximum of at-large slots. We think that value, combined with clarity on selection, is important for the Southeastern Conference. That remains. Other ideas that have been talked about, we haven’t taken positions on those. Lot of work to be done around format issues. If we’re at 12 in the future, we’re at 12. But the clarity was a bit of a tipping point.”