Amid CFP expansion negotiations that may impact the Army-Navy game, Donald Trump says he will sign an executive order to grant the game an exclusive 4-hour window.
Discussions over a 16-team CFP feature two play-in games - seeds 16 vs 13 & 15 vs 14 - on the day of Army-Navy.
The timing of the play-in games may not be an issue (they can be played around Army-Navy’s 3 pm kick).
However, if Army or Navy is the G6 rep in CFP, timing is problematic. The academies - against moving the game - may want a seeding exemption (12 seed) into the first round.
The new first round would be played the next weekend (third week of December) and would pit play-in game winners vs seeds 3-12 (top two seeds earn byes into quarters).
A traditional 16-team format - no byes - presents difficulty in scheduling eight first-round games around NFL.
However, there may be no expansion of the playoff. The Big Ten and SEC - the two entities that must agree on format for it to advance - remain at an impasse a day before CFP leaders meet in Miami on Sunday, sources tell @YahooSports.
Big Ten wants 24 teams. SEC wants 16.
While a compromise has been discussed - 16 teams for a set amount of years before an agreement to move to 20+ - no deal has been reached among the power leagues.
The compromise proposal is expected to be under discussion Sunday here in Miami. Optimism on expansion is waning.
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