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per Dodd:
Big 12 athletic directors and coaches will be presented with data Wednesday that shows a significant increase in the likelihood the league would reach the College Football Playoff if it expands to 12 or more teams.
Analytics from Navigate Research are expected to show the Big 12 has at least a 10-15 percent better chance of reaching the CFP in any given year if it expands as opposed to staying in its 10-team configuration.
That percentage at least doubles than the “4-5 percent” improvement commissioner Bob Bowlsby spoke about in Phoenix on Monday. That smaller figure discussed by Bowlsby only included the addition of a conference championship game, CBS Sports has learned.
The particular analysis used by Navigate for Wednesday's presentation includes expanding the league to 12 with two additional teams, playing an eight-game conference schedule and staging a league championship game. Various expansion candidates were also plugged into simulations Navigate ran 40,000 times.
The most prominent names that continue to be mentioned for expansion include BYU, Central Florida, Cincinnati, UConn, Houston and Memphis.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...rove-big-12s-playoff-chances-by-10-15-percent
Go Gophers!!
Big 12 athletic directors and coaches will be presented with data Wednesday that shows a significant increase in the likelihood the league would reach the College Football Playoff if it expands to 12 or more teams.
Analytics from Navigate Research are expected to show the Big 12 has at least a 10-15 percent better chance of reaching the CFP in any given year if it expands as opposed to staying in its 10-team configuration.
That percentage at least doubles than the “4-5 percent” improvement commissioner Bob Bowlsby spoke about in Phoenix on Monday. That smaller figure discussed by Bowlsby only included the addition of a conference championship game, CBS Sports has learned.
The particular analysis used by Navigate for Wednesday's presentation includes expanding the league to 12 with two additional teams, playing an eight-game conference schedule and staging a league championship game. Various expansion candidates were also plugged into simulations Navigate ran 40,000 times.
The most prominent names that continue to be mentioned for expansion include BYU, Central Florida, Cincinnati, UConn, Houston and Memphis.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...rove-big-12s-playoff-chances-by-10-15-percent
Go Gophers!!