On3 had notes from Ross Dellenger and Andy Staples on the topic of ten Power 4 opponents yesterday.

Dellenger reported that Commissioner Sankey said he wouldn't consider a 24-team playoff without ten Power4 opponents. Commissioner Pettiti told Andy Staples he would support if if it got Sankey to back a 24-team Playoff.

In the 2026 season, the SEC now has 9 conference games per program, and also each of the 16 teams have a 10th opponent who is from the ACC, Big12 or Big Ten.

The Big Ten's 18 programs have 5 this season without a Power4 tenth opponent: Indiana, Penn St, Nebraska, USC and Washington.

Oregon has a tenth opponent via their trip to Oklahoma State. But, currently, the schedule in 2027, 2028, 2029 does not include a 10th Power4 opponent. Schedules beyond 2029 aren't fully built.

If this is what makes it work....to bend to something minor that the SEC wants....fine.

I can think of a couple ACC opponents down south of us to have home and away series with.

7 hours ago, HDuck said:

On3 had notes from Ross Dellenger and Andy Staples on the topic of ten Power 4 opponents yesterday.

Dellenger reported that Commissioner Sankey said he wouldn't consider a 24-team playoff without ten Power4 opponents. Commissioner Pettiti told Andy Staples he would support if if it got Sankey to back a 24-team Playoff.

In the 2026 season, the SEC now has 9 conference games per program, and also each of the 16 teams have a 10th opponent who is from the ACC, Big12 or Big Ten.

The Big Ten's 18 programs have 5 this season without a Power4 tenth opponent: Indiana, Penn St, Nebraska, USC and Washington.

Oregon has a tenth opponent via their trip to Oklahoma State. But, currently, the schedule in 2027, 2028, 2029 does not include a 10th Power4 opponent. Schedules beyond 2029 aren't fully built.

THIS is how Sankey saves face and gets behind Petitti's 23-team PO. He has to be able to claim a measure of victory in the PO wars.

Three years ago, Sankey was the CFB commissioner on top, and Petitti's PO format would destroy CFB. Today? Sankey is on his own except for his friends in Bristol, CT.

In successful businesses, the best strategy and tactics and not the loudest mouths, win the day.

Speak softly, Tony, and carry a B1G stick.

Call me old-fashioned (or just old works) but I still think the 24-team format is basically a money grab that will produce some really lousy first- and maybe second-round games. There ain't 16 teams capable of hoisting the natty in any given year, let alone 24.

4 minutes ago, Nevada Dawg said:

Call me old-fashioned (or just old works) but I still think the 24-team format is basically a money grab that will produce some really lousy first- and maybe second-round games. There ain't 16 teams capable of hoisting the natty in any given year, let alone 24.

I get it.

But think of it as a 16-team PO with 8 on-campus play-in games contested on what would have been conference championship game weekend. And the top 8 seeds playing on-campus games instead of sitting around for close to a month with their fans required to travel to a 2nd-round bowl game site.

Eight meaningful play-in games instead of the teams meeting in nothing-burger bowl games with many players sitting out.

Millions more CFB fans would be invested in the postseason, and millions more dollars would be distributed to the ACC and B12 programs, which might hold off further conference consolidation and NFL-Lite.