Michigan first-year coach Kyle Whittingham, who spent 21 seasons at Utah, told On3 that 16 teams is the right number, but that he thinks there’s a super league coming to college football with anywhere from 48 to 60 teams. He envisions four quadrants geographically situated in a 16-game playoff.
“There’s too much money being left on the table, and that’s what it’s all about,” Whittingham said. “Unfortunately, that’s the bottom line, the dollars. And so to me, 16 is the right number, but only in a super-conference structure. You govern yourselves. The NCAA is not involved, and you have your own commissioner.
“Again, we’re talking about minor league NFL, salary cap, the whole thing. I don’t see it going any other way. Now, I could be dead wrong, but I think the odds are that’s what is going to happen.”