Steve Sarkisian Proposes Four-Team SEC 'Mini Playoff

The College Football Playoff expansion chatter continues to dominate the offseason for another year.

After the inaugural 12-team playoff last season, coaches and admins are already proposing expanding again to 16 teams or even 24.

During SEC meetings in Destin, Florida, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian proposed a four-team SEC playoff, with the winner essentially guaranteed a CFP berth. Per CBS Sports:

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"I'm okay with 24, I'm okay with 16 and I'm okay with going back to four, but I really don't care for the number we're at right now, 12," Sarkisian told SiriusXM on Wednesday. "We've become a playoff or bust fanbase around the country, but there's not enough spots for us to have that mentality. Twelve is a tough number, especially when it's really not 12 -- Group of Five is getting a spot, Notre Dame's getting a free spot, so it's really 10 and then you've got AQs for other conferences.

"My point of going back to four is this -- I'm a big fan and proponent of the SEC Championship Game. I think there's something special about that game, and it means a lot. I've had a chance to coach in it three times. If we went back to four, we could have our own SEC playoff for the SEC Championship Game because now the conference has expanded to where not everybody gets to play each other anymore."

"If we had our own mini-playoff that could lead to an SEC Championship Game and that winner is going to the final four and maybe the team they beat is going to the final four," Sarkisian said. "We all knew when those four teams played, those were the best four teams."

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