It was clear that the new 12-team College Football Playoff this season was far from perfect, and that was to be expected. With anything new, there always seem to be things that need to be changed or revised, and the playoff is no different.
After the first round of games was played, conference commissioners were ready to come together and talk about the fact that the four teams that received bye probably should not have gotten them. With the new format, the four highest-ranked conference champions received automatic byes, which meant that a team that maybe would have been ranked lower than, say, Indiana moved up just because they won their conference and not because they were better.
It seemed as though taking away the byes for the highest-ranked conference champions and just giving the bye to the four best teams, but still allowing conference champions to get an automatic bid, was something that was going to be seriously discussed.
After the results from the second round of games, though where, whatever single conference champion lost their matchup, suddenly it seems those talks now won't happen.
The format for the College Football Playoff is something that was made to be set in stone for two years, so for the 2024 and 2025 seasons, meaning, it doesn't matter how many talks are had or how serious they are between the commissioners, no changes are likely to be made till after the 2025 season.
When the 12-team format was introduced and signed into existence, it was when there was still a Power 5 and Group of Five set of conferences. Since then, the Pac-12 is no longer a Power 5 conference, and now the SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, and ACC are known as the power conferences. This was a big change for the playoff format that was unforeseen and created what he saw this season: a Group of Five champions getting an automatic bye.
So even though these changes would benefit everyone, especially a team like Indiana, it doesn't seem like anything will take place until after the 2025 season.