Interesting takes on OBD regarding whether CFB Conference Champ games should be played in the future. Here's an article discussing the issue from Yahoo Sports that was authored before the 5/7 model was approved for 2024 and 2025 and before discussions concerning expanding the field come 2026. 

 

It has been reported that the B1G and the SEC favor a 3-3-2-2-1 model. 3 B1G and SEC teams in the field, 2 ACC and B12 teams, and 1 G5 team, 3 at-large teams would be seeded in a 14-team playoff field. If approved, with 3 guaranteed spots for B1G and the SEC and with teams playing as many as 16 or 17 games, is a 13th conference champ game that would only affect seeding needed? Also, would the automatic qualifiers from the Power 4 be chosen by a PO Committee or be put forth by the P4 conferences? 

 

The 3-3-2-2-1 model has already been criticized by TCU's AD and other B12 ADs but how much leverage does any conference other than the B1G and the SEC have? Not much.

 

Should conference title games continue in playoff expansion era? Commissioners mulling future of college football

SPORTS.YAHOO.COM

---

Are college football conference championship games on their way out? College football's powerbrokers are divided.

 

The real question is if one or both of the conference champ teams sit their starters for the game, would the playoffs committee punish them for it with worse seeding and state that was the reason, or would they disregard the outcome of the game due to the started sitting?

If the real ‘Natty contenders will play three or four games in the Playoffs in addition to the regular season games?

 

A conference championship game stacked on top is too much.  Dump them.

Charles, I agree with you. But will the media allow the games to be dumped before the next media renegotiations go round? 2032 for the B1G. 2034 for the SEC. 2036 for the ACC. 

 

The SEC game in particular brings in a lot of viewers and with divisions gone in the B1G so will the B1G champ game.