- ABC News
- September 23, 2020
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey says he hasn't considered whether there should be a minimum number of games required to qualify for the College Football Playoff. Rather, Sankey said Wednesday that he has reviewed the selection criteria and anticipates a "number of challenges" facing the CFP selection committee as conferences play disparate schedules this season and games are canceled due to COVID-19 testing. "We're going to trust them with that," Sankey said of the committee. The SEC intends to play a 10-game, conference-only schedule beginning Saturday. The Big 12 and ACC are following a plan for an 11-game schedule with 10 conference games and one nonconference opponent. Last week, the Big Ten announced that it would seek to play eight games in eight weeks beginning Oct. 24. Sankey referred to the CFP selection committee's use of "data points" in making evaluations. "It suggests to me the more games that are played, the better one is under this selection criteria," Sankey...