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ACC commish: 'Really unified' in push for CFP expansion in '24

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina -- ACC commissioner Jim Phillips told ESPN on Wednesday that "there's a lot of push" to expand the College Football Playoff in 2024.

The CFP's board of managers voted in early September to expand the playoff to 12 teams in 2026, but the 10 FBS commissioners and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick have been working toward expansion two years sooner.

"We're trying. We're committed to doing it. We really are, across 10 conferences and Notre Dame," Phillips told ESPN at ACC basketball media day. "We feel really good about the work that's been done across all 10 conferences and Notre Dame these last five, six months.