We've already learned that Ross Bjork is not afraid to share his opinion whether it's popular or not. The Ohio State AD has already rankled many Buckeyes fans by changing the tradition of the band playing "Hang on Sloopy" after the third quarter.
Now Bjork is targeting all fans by suggesting that playoff expansion would be the best thing for college football and lead to more high-level games.
Ross Bjork believes further College Football Playoff expansion would be good for the sport since it would create more high-level games and generate more revenue. https://t.co/XPZgzI1k5o
— Eleven Warriors (@11W) September 4, 2025
Could we go to 16? Could we go to 20? Could we go to 24? There's proposals out there to go to 28. There's been a couple other proposals to go to 32," Bjork said. "We all get hung up in these numbers; 24, 28. ‘Oh my God, they can't do this.’ But here's what you cannot argue with – nobody can argue with this – what's wrong with more high-level football? What's wrong with more meaningful postseason content? What's wrong with keeping the postseason alive for as many teams as possible? So to me, nobody can argue with that piece,”
Naturally, this was met with skepticism from many college football fans, who just don't trust anything coming out of anyone's mouth when it's regarding playoff expansion. And many fans believe that an expansion of the playoffs would not, in fact, create more high-level games, but rather more blowouts.
It would create a round of unwatchable blowouts, they should just start being honest that it’s a cash grab and abandon the illusion that the 15th, 16th, etc ranked teams actually have a chance to win a championship.
— Markus Sultan (@MarkusSultan) September 4, 2025
We saw completely unwatchable 1st round games at 12 teams.
Automatic qualifying spots remain a talking point
A big part of the reason that many fans don't want more expansion to the playoffs is the likelihood of adding multiple automatic qualifying spots for each conference. The leaders in the Big Ten have expressed a desire to see automatic spots reserved if the playoffs expand.
"Now how you get there, automatic qualifying spots, how many should the Big Ten have and the SEC, that's where everybody kind of gets hung up," Bjork continued. "But if you just take high-level content, meaningful content for football; if you take maybe the conference championship weekend and morph that into the playoffs, if you take bowl games that are part of the system, and you call them playoff games, what's wrong with that?"
The fan response would suggest there is a lot wrong with adding additional automatic qualifying spots, primarily the thought of the 6th or 7th-best team in a conference getting in the playoffs and likely getting blown out in the first round.
12 teams realistically cannot win the national championship and he’s talking about expanding even further? Ridiculous.
— The Buckeye Nut (@TheBuckeyeNut) September 4, 2025
The playoff expansion discussion is a long way from being decided. But now we have a good idea where Bjork stands.