Could the 12-Team CFP Include Two Group of Six Teams? This Year Says Yes

When the initial format for the 12-team College Football Playoff was conceived, it opened a door that had never previously been available to all teams outside the Power Four conferences.

A true, honest shot at a national title.

The CFP selection committee giving out automatic bids to the five highest-ranked conference champions paired with the dissolution of the Pac-12 meant that there would always be at least one team from a Group of Six conference included in the field.

Whether they have a real chance at winning it all or not — I don’t think it will ever happen, for what it’s worth — the opportunity to try and prove it was finally real after decades of having no chance to do so.

But there were two preconceived notions about these conferences’ participation in the CFP:

That this team