The Big Ten is exploring the idea of a massive expansion of the College Football Playoff field to 24 or 28 teams, multiple outlets reported Saturday.The proposal is still “in the very early stages,” with Big Ten commissioner Tony Pettiti discussing it with his league’s athletic directors on Wednesday, according to ESPN.The 28-team model would reportedly eliminate conference title games and offer a high number of automatic bids to Power 4 conferences: seven each for the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference and five each for the Big 12 and Atlantic Coast Conference. There would be two auto bids for the remaining conferences plus two at-large teams.Under this plan, the CFP committee would seed the field and select the at-large teams.
