The College Football Playoff is going to expand. After a failed attempt last year because of the conference leadership, a president representative of the 10 FBS conferences and Notre Dame President Father Jenkins came to the decision to move forward with the expansion and left the media deal to come to the conference commissioners.
This isn’t a drill... this is going to happen.
So what’s the short and skinny for Notre Dame?
- The Irish can’t be seeded higher than #5 because they can’t be a conference champion.
- Seeds #5 — #8 will either host the 1st round game at home OR at site of choosing.