As the Pac-12’s standing as a power conference faded away with the defections of Oregon and Washington to the Big Ten and Arizona, Arizona State and Utah to the Big 12 on Friday, my colleague Garrick Hodge posed an interesting question: Could this open the door for two Group of Five teams to earn automatic bids to the College Football Playoff?
A topic probably only I'm thinking of RE the potential collapse of the Pac-12.
The 12-team expanded playoff starting in 2024 is structured so that six conference champions get an automatic berth to the CFP.