ACC commissioner Jim Phillips indicated Wednesday that he is open to supporting a College Football Playoff seeding model that removes first-round byes for four conference champions.
“It just seems straight seeding may be the right thing for us to consider,” Phillips told reporters after a three-day meeting of ACC athletic directors, football coaches and basketball coaches in Florida.
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Last season was the debut of the 12-team Playoff, but alterations are already being considered, including changing the seeding of the field to line up directly with the selection committee’s final rankings.
The ACC placed two teams in last season’s bracket, joining the Big Ten (four) and SEC (two) as the only conferences with multiple bids.
While SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey and Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti have made clear they support straight seeding for the CFP, Phillips and Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark have taken a more cautious public stance on the issue.
Phillips has noted that the NFL and other professional sports leagues seed their playoffs to give division winners advantages over wild cards that might have better overall records.
Phillips and the other 10 members of the CFP management committee, which includes all the FBS conference commissioners and Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua, have already met three times in person since Ohio State beat Notre Dame in last season’s championship game.
While significant changes could be on the horizon for 2026, including expansion of the field to 14 or 16 teams and conferences receiving multiple automatic bids, how the teams are seeded could be addressed for the upcoming season.
Last season, the format — which was developed before a massive wave of realignment essentially wiped out the Pac-12 as a power conference — produced seeding that wasn’t even close to lining up with the selection committee’s final rankings.
Currently, the top four seeds are reserved for the four highest ranked conference champions selected to the field. Boise State was seeded No. 3 as the Mountain West champion last season, but ranked was ranked ninth going into the Playoff. Big 12 champion Arizona State was the fourth seed, but ranked 12th.
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Had the seeds matched the rankings, Texas and Penn State State would have joined Oregon (No. 1) and Georgia (No. 2) as top four seeds, giving the Big Ten and SEC all four byes entering the quarterfinals.
Instead, by bumping up Boise State and Arizona State, Ohio State entered the Playoff as the eighth seed, lining up the Buckeyes for a rematch with new Big Ten rival Oregon in the quarterfinals.
Phillips has stressed that changes to the format should be considered holistically, with seeding as part of a broader discussion about 2026 and beyond.
Automatic bids, an idea being pushed by the Big Ten with support from the SEC, are still on the table. One plan would have the Big Ten and SEC receiving four AQs each in a 14- or 16-team field, with the ACC and Big 12 each receiving two guaranteed spots.
That plan has not been well received by the broader group.
“I remain steadfast about fairness in the system and access, regardless of the model, etc.” Phillips told reporters. “But out of respect for my colleagues that we’ve been working close with, I want to hold off on commenting about specific models or AQs and the rest of it.”
Recently, there has been discussion among the group about creating a system that would grant levels of access to conferences based on performance.
Phillips said the Power 4 commissioners continue to regularly meet to discuss CFP and other issues, including the House settlement.
The next scheduled in-person meeting of the full CFP management committee is in mid-June.
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