During the NFL's annual league meeting last week, the Detroit Lions made a proposal to change the league's playoff format. The interesting thing about the proposal is that it didn't get voted down.

The format of the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff was intended to reward teams for winning a conference title. The five highest-ranked conference champions all received automatic bids to ...

ATLANTA — A seeding structure change to the College Football Playoff format is unlikely to gain the necessary support without compromise, multiple commissioners told Yahoo Sports this week.

One day before this year’s national championship game, the 10 conference commissioners and 10 presidents — along with Notre Dame’s leaders — who control the College Football Playoff will meet in ...

The SEC helped rearrange conference alignment in a blow to the 12-team playoff's vision. Now, it's time for SEC boss Greg Sankey to slurp what he helped crumble. Removing byes for conference champions ...