The Rose Bowl game between Pac-12 and Big Ten schools is one of college football's best traditions. Would it go away as part of the widely discussed 12-team CFP expansion?

Why wasn't Pac-12 commissioner Teresa Gould at the College Football Playoff meeting this week? Jon Wilner answers that and more in his latest mailbag.

That said, the SEC, ACC and Big 12 have good reason to support the so-called 5+11 format in which there would be five berths ...

Would it be wise for the Pac-12 to only have eight football-playing schools, so that each team will have a better shot at making the College Football Playoff?

Mailbag: On CFP expansion (to 16!), an ACC-Big East merger, Pac-12 legal affairs, the Trump commission and more The Power Four bosses met this week and reportedly favor going big for the 2026 playoff ...

The rebuilt conference reached the required number of full-time members by adding the Bobcats, who are based in San Marcos, ...

Whatever CFP format is adopted for 2026 will include an automatic berth for the highest-ranked team outside the Power Four leagues. Win the Pac-12, and the CFP is a very real possibility.