"Sixteen has had more traction in my league than I would've anticipated," Greg Sankey said Monday at the kickoff of the league's annual meetings. A move to 14 teams had been widely viewed as the next expansion, but Sankey said "16 has become more central in the conversation. We're interested, not committed, but the interest level has gone higher."

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said he had an “in-depth” conversation with the league coaches today about a 16-team CFP model that would include the five conference champs and 11 at-large teams. He called it a 5+11 model and “our own ability to earn those berths.