Paul Finebaum spent his latest podcast appearance ripping Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti over an eyebrow-raising proposal to overhaul the College Football Playoff further.

The BTN crew stopped by all 18 league schools for behind the scenes practices this month and wrapped up its three-week tour in Ann Arbor on Aug. 22.

This season, the USC Trojans return some of their most talented players, on both sides of the ball. A recent article ranked college football's top players and two USC stars were excluded, but college football analysts found that they were simply snubbed.

The public furor over relatively light NCAA penalties in Michigan’s sign-stealing scandal was barely 24 hours old Saturday when the Big Ten interrupted the news cycle with a leaked proposal to supersize the College Football Playoff. What better way to change a negative narrative — to end the outrage — than with something utterly outrageous?

The Big Ten is floating a 28-team College Football Playoff model, but sources say the proposal faces pushback from SEC, ACC, and Big 12 leaders.

Entering the 2025 season, some Oregon Duck fans seek to wash out the taste of the previous year's College Football Playoff results, which humbled the No. 1 rank

The Big Ten developed new models it may soon communicate with other FBS commissioners, sources tell CBS Sports.

According to Thamel, the new model proposed by the Big Ten suggests eliminating conference title games and awarding more auto bids for the four power conferences. In a 28-team playoff, the Big Ten and SEC would receive seven auto bids each, while the ACC and Big 12 would get five auto bids each, per Thamel.

Big Ten executives are socializing 24 and 28-team College Football Playoff brackets that feature as many as seven automatic qualifiers each for the Big Ten and SEC.

The Big Ten has pitched the possibility of a 24- or 28-team College Football Playoff, according to reports from ESPN and NBC

Rece Davis has heard fans take shots at the SEC the last couple of seasons, and he took his own shot at the B1G for Penn State's schedule.