Leaders from the SEC and Big Ten in particular are proponents of a 14- or 16-team playoff with multiple automatic bids divided among the conferences.

The College Football Playoff management committee was scheduled to meet Thursday, with a possible decision on how the 12-team field will be seeded and which teams receive first-round byes this season ...

The new format was widely expected after last season’s jumbled bracket gave byes to Big 12 champion Arizona State and Mountain West champion Boise State, even though those teams were ranked ninth and...