College Football Playoff leaders could not reach unanimity during Monday's meeting, so no decision on expansion was reached.
The setback now puts expansion before the current CFP contract expires in jeopardy.
Bob Bowlsby, the Big 12 commissioner, said the vote "didn't even get close." He added that the timeframe to expand the Playoff before 2026, the same year the current CFP contract expires, is shrinking. Both eight-team and 12-team expansion models have been considered.
“There's some possibility [of expanding the CFP] but it gets to be a smaller and smaller possibility with each passing day,” Bowlsby said, per The Athletic.