Commissioners of the BCS conferences announced today that they have reached a consensus for a four-team college football playoff. Their proposal will be presented to the Presidential Oversight Committee on Tuesday in Washington, DC.
Details of the four-team playoff, including how the teams will be selected and whether there will be a requirement for teams to win their conference championship, were ironed out in a series of meetings.
Big Ten commissioner Jim Delaney would not reveal how the teams will be seeded or selected, but did say that the presidents will make the final decision. However, it was revealed that the semifinal games will be worked into the existing bowls and the national championship game will be bid out on a yearly basis like the Super Bowl.
SEC commissioner Mike Slive said he was “delighted, very pleased” with the playoff format that was agreed upon. The new format will begin after the conclusion of the 2014 regular-season.
In a series of tweets shortly after the announcement this evening, Brett McMurphy of CBS Sports revealed a few possible details of the playoff:
While the four-team playoff format will likely still have its detractors, any sort of playoff is the right step forward for college football. We would still like to see an 8-team or even a 16-team college football playoff.
At any rate, we should know more details about the playoff plan on Tuesday after it is presented to the presidents. However, the presidents are not expected to approve a playoff plan until July at the earliest.