ACC leaders supportive of potential 24-team College Football Playoff: 'There is consensus'

The question isn’t “if” the College Football Playoff will expand. It’s “by how much?” The sport’s most powerful conferences, the SEC and Big Ten, have been at odds over the future of what is now a 12-team CFP, with a 16-team format supported by the SEC and a 24-team format favored by the Big Ten.

But a push for a 24-team field is ramping up, despite the SEC’s continued resistance. Count the ACC in.

On Tuesday, during the ACC’s annual spring meetings, athletic directors and head football coaches demonstrated their interest in a 24-team playoff, as reported by Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger.

“There is consensus,” one ACC leader said, per Dellenger.

“The room isn’t split,” said another, according to Dellenger.

The ACC is coming off a season in which it was represented by only one school in the CFP: Miami, which made a run to the national title game before falling to undefeated Indiana.

Last month, during a presidential committee call that included a collection of significant CFP decision-makers, the 24-team format gained momentum, as documented in an April 21 report from Dellenger.

The presidential committee consists of 14 members. It includes media executives, business moguls and a long-time adviser to President Donald Trump, as well as Notre Dame’s AD and commissioners of the Big 12, Big Ten, SEC, ACC and American, per Dellenger.

While that committee won’t make the call on expansion, according to Dellenger, it can make recommendations to the White House that may inform a congressional bill.

Regardless, in order for expansion to occur, the SEC and Big Ten must compromise. After all, they were effectively given the keys to the dictating CFP expansion two years ago, when FBS commissioners and Notre Dame leadership signed a memorandum of understanding before agreeing to a new media rights deal with ESPN.