The CFP bracket is set, and while the chosen 12 teams earned their spots, frustration immediately spilled onto the ESPN desk. Kirk Herbstreit, who has spent weeks pounding the table for Texas and its brutal schedule, had no patience left for what he sees as a system that rewards clean records over complete resumes.

“It’d be great if we had 16 teams,” Herbstreit said on ESPN during the College Football Playoff Selection Show. “Maybe that’s the next answer to get this thing up to 16 teams.”

At this point, expanding to a 16-team playoff feels like the obvious next move. But what would the format look like? Do you go with a 5+11 setup, five conference champs, and eleven at-large bids? Or do you lean into something like a 4+4+2+2? If they go with the 5+11 model this year, Notre Dame and BYU b

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