According to ESPN's Pete Thamel, the college football world might be one step closer to knowing how the College Football Playoff format will evolve with an upcoming expansion. Unfortunately for Ohio State and the rest of the Big Ten, it doesn't seem the conference is going to get its way this time around.

Thamel said on the College Gameday Podcast that the next evolution will likely be the simplest option.

"The 4, 4, 2, 2-thing is not going to happen," Thamel said "And certainly there's some ways to go and things to figure out, especially the strength of schedule stuff."

The Big Ten has argued in favor of a 4-4-2-2-1-3 model, with varying agreement with the SEC and flat-out refusal from the Big 12 and ACC. Those two conferences would prefer a 5+11 model.

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