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Dellenger: SEC & Big Ten Building Momentum to Expand CFP to 14 or 16

Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger is reporting that the SEC and Big Ten are building momentum to further expand the College Football Playoff to 14 or 16 teams.

According to the report, executives of the 10 FBS leagues and Notre Dame signed a memorandum of understanding which hands control over to the two power conferences.

With this control, the plan is for them to assign automatic qualifiers per league, with as many as 4 each between the SEC and Big Ten, and then finalize a scheduling agreement together to earn additional TV revenue.

Dellenger wrote, “[t]he playoff format change would clear the way for SEC administrators to, finally, make the long-discussed move to play nine regular-season conference games and would trigger, perhaps, all four power leagues to overhaul their conference championship weekend.”

Additionally, Dellenger shared that it would come with 4 automatic qualifiers for the SEC and Big Ten, 2 for the ACC and Big 12, 1 for the highest ranked G5 champion, and 1 or 3 at-large spots, presumably for Notre Dame, in the event Notre Dame is ranked inside the Top 14 (or 16). Essentially, the College Football Playoff Committee’s impact on the sport would be greatly diminished, especially for a 14-team field. It would lead to the Committee essentially deciding on the top-rated G5 champion and if the Irish are within the Top 14, or if another team should be ranked ahead of it. And for a 16-team field, they would be left to determine teams 14, 15, and 16

In both models, the seeding would strictly be done 1 through 14 (or 16), and in the 14-team field, the top 2 finishers would receive byes, regardless of their status as conference champion or anything else – only final ranking matters in that case.

Dellenger finally shared, “in either multi-AQ playoff proposal, conference championship games likely become less valuable, and a reimagined championship weekend may feature conference play-in games for the automatic berths … these discussions, though preliminary, are happening at the highest levels of conference leadership.”

Oklahoma Hiring Former Tulsa HC Kevin Wilson as Offensive Analyst

Oklahoma is reported to be bringing back former Tulsa HC and former Oklahoma OC Kevin Wilson to be an offensive analyst for Brent Venables’ staff in Norman.

Coach Wilson was the OC for the Sooners back when Sam Bradford and the Oklahoma offense made it all the way to the National Championship and Bradford hoisted the Heisman trophy. For about 5 seasons, Oklahoma’s 716 points scored during the season were the most all-time.

After being the OC for 5 years at OU (with more years at OU before then), Coach Wilson went on to be the Head Coach of the Indiana Hoosiers from 2011-16, then the OC of Ohio State from 2017-22, and then was the HC of Tulsa for 2023-24, posting a 7-16 record across two seasons.

Oregon Expected to Hire Syracuse’s Ross Douglas as WRs Coach

Oregon is expected to hire a rising star in the coaching ranks as it is hiring Ross Douglas away from Syracuse to be its new WRs Coach.

The news was first reported by Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports/247 Sports.

Douglas has experience coaching in the pros as a WRs Coach, and was part of the Syracuse coaching staff that oversaw the number one passing attack nationally.

Oregon State Hiring Former Fresno State OC Pat McCann as WRs Coach

Former Fresno State OC Pat McCann is being hired by Oregon State to be its new WRs Coach.

Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports / 247 Sports had the news first.

Coach McCann was with Fresno State for the past 3 seasons, with one season as the WRs Coach and Passing Game Coordinator, and then the next two seasons as the OC and WRs Coach.

While at Fresno State, he coached multiple WRs into the pros, no small feat coming from a school like Fresno State given the short time frame he was there.

He also spent 3 seasons as a WRs Coach with Eastern Washington.

Oregon State Expected to Hire Oregon OL Analyst Mike Cavanaugh as OL Coach

Oregon State is also expected to hire Mike Cavanaugh as the next OL Coach for the Beavers.

ESPN’s Pete Thamel was first with the news.

As Thamel shared above, Coach Cavanaugh is currently with Oregon as an OL analyst, but he has extensive experience across the country, including stops at Arizona State, Nebraska, and Syracuse.

He also has worked with Oregon State in the past.

4-Star Michigan CB Commit Brody Jennings Has Three Official Visits Set

4-star CB Brody Jennings has been committed to Michigan for over 6 months, but Jennings is planning to go on a few official visits.

Jennings is going to Michigan for an OV on June 20th, but there are also two additional SEC powerhouses he intends to visit:

He shared with On3: “I will be at Alabama in May and Georgia on June 13th for official visits. Those two and the one to Michigan are the ones I have set right now, but I look forward to taking more.”

He also shared with On3, “I’m going to unofficially visit a few schools this spring. A few of them I will see are Florida on March 15 and Florida State on March 29. Auburn, Miami, and Illinois are others I am still figuring out dates for. I’ll make my decision (about official visits) after I unofficially visit these schools.”

As for his Michigan commitment, he shared in a recent interview, “I love Michigan. It’s a great spot for me. They love me too. That’s part of why I committed. I’m going to visit other schools, but I’m still 1,000% locked in with Michigan.”

Jennings ranks 327th nationally and 21st at the CB position according to the On3 industry composite.

4-Star WR and Freshly Reclassified Boobie Feaster Has 2 OVs Already Locked, With More Soon

4-star WR Boobie Feaster was expected to be the top WR in the 2027 class, but he has since reclassified to the class of 2026.

Since reclassifying within the past few days, he has already locked in a few official visits for this summer.

He shared with On3’s Chad Simmons that he has locked in trips to USC (June 6) and LSU (June 20), with Texas and Texas A&M receiving visits to be scheduled soon.

Despite being a year younger and having a year’s less development, Feaster ranks 91st nationally and 17th at the WR position according to the On3 industry composite.

Consensus 4-Star RB KJ Edwards Has Essentially Narrowed Down His Decision to 4 Schools, Has Commitment Date Circled

4-star RB KJ Edwards recently shared with On3’s Chad Simmons that he has roughly narrowed down his recruitment to 4 programs, and that he knows when he wants to announce his commitment.

Edwards shared that his top 4 schools are SMU, Baylor, Texas, and Texas A&M. He shared that it’s not an official Top 4 and nothing is final, but those are the schools he hears from the most and are considering the most at the moment.

He also is planning to announce his commitment this summer: August 2nd.

“When I commit, it will be about God’s choice, but for me, I am about relationships and who can coach me up for the NFL. Those are the two main things for me. It will be about the fit for me and my parents too,” he shared with Simmons last month.

Edwards is a consensus 4-star and one of the top RBs in the 2026 class, ranking 37th nationally and 3rd at the RB position, according to the On3 industry composite.

On3 Reporting There Are Two Teams to Beat for WR Aljour Miles

On3’s Chad Simmons shared that after the Under Armour Next Camp, 3-star WR Aljour Miles has been hearing a lot from Kansas, Oklahoma, SMU, Stanford, TCU, Texas Tech, and USC, with OVs scheduled for Oklahoma State, Stanford, SMU, Kansas, Texas Tech, USC, and Oklahoma.

However, Miles shared with On3 that Oklahoma and SMU are the teams to beat. “They both got at me early and I’ve been to both campuses quite a few times, so I’m just comparing the pros/cons for every school compared to them.

Miles plans to commit in July after the end of his official visits. He listed academics, relationships with coaches, coach stability, and NFL opportunities as his top necessities for the school he will commit to.

Miles ranks 511th nationally and 82nd at the WR position according to the On3 industry composite.

Consensus 4-Star RB Jonaz Walton Ranks Top 10 Programs

Consensus 4-star RB Jonaz Walton shared his top 10 programs for his recruitment, as first reported by On3’s Hayes Fawcett.

The 10 to make the cut: Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Miami, Notre Dame, Oregon, Stanford, and Tennessee.

Walton is in the process of setting OVs, sharing that Alabama, Notre Dame, Florida, and Tennessee would be hard to turn down official visits from.

“Oregon, they came by and I wouldn’t want to get them out of my Top 10 without seeing them. Even though I just picked them up, I have them on there. Same thing with Miami. They’ve been keeping in communication. I want to go see it with the way they talk about it and keep communication with me.”

Walton ranks as high as 58th nationally and 4th at the RB position according to On3, but the On3 industry composite rankings place Walton 114th nationally and 11th at the RB position.

Other Commitments/Decommitments

3-Star (85) EDGE Brian Harris decommits from Maryland