Nick Saban won't lose sleep over the College Football Playoff committee's announcement last week that the playoff will not expand beyond its four-team format until the 2026 season, at the earliest.
Neither will SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey.
The current format works fine for the establishment. And the SEC – Alabama, in particular – heads the establishment.
The SEC has produced 10 playoff qualifiers in eight years, and an SEC team won the national championship in five of those seasons, including three in a row.
Nonetheless, multiple SEC schools would have benefited if the playoff had expanded to a 12-team format featuring six at-large bids.