SEC ADs are at the conference’s annual spring meetings in Destin, and possible expansion of the College Football Playoff from 12 to 14 — or maybe 16 — teams is an obvious topic of conversation.
Along with that is the potential of the conference moving from an 8-game league schedule to 9. Those discussions have gained more prominence, especially amid proposals of the SEC and Big Ten receiving 4 guaranteed bids each in an expanded playoff.
Texas A&M athletic director Trev Alberts offered his thoughts on the potential of a 9-game league slate, according to Brett McMurphy:
Texas A&M AD Trev Alberts on should SEC play 8 or 9 league games: “I personally – if we get where we can w/playoff (selection) – think 9 (SEC) games makes sense but it doesn’t make sense if we’re not guaranteed (playoff spots)”
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) May 27, 2025Under the most heavily reported Playoff expansion proposal, along with the SEC and B1G being granted 4 automatic slots each, the ACC and Big 12 would get 2 each, with 1 Group of Five spot and 3 at-large bids.
Other proposals have been floated as it relates to how the automatic spots would be awarded among SEC and B1G teams. One includes a mini-tournament involving the 3rd through 6th-placed teams in each conference playing one another, with the games being held on campus at the higher seed.
That said, the SEC and B1G’s contract with their media partners — ESPN and FOX, respectively — require each conference’s top 2 teams to face each other in a conference championship game.
SEC AD says 9-game conference schedule ‘makes sense’ if league guaranteed spots in expanded Playoff Saturday Down South.
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