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As the gulf between the FBS power conferences and Group of Five schools grows wider, TCU head coach Sonny Dykes thinks a split between the two is coming.
Speaking to Mike Craven of TexasFootball.com, Dykes explained why there has “got to be a split eventually” between the power conferences and Group of Five conferences:
“There is such a big difference right now between the haves and the have nots and I think we’ll eventually split into two separate divisions,” he said. “Alabama and Louisiana Tech aren’t playing the same sport.”
This isn’t the first time a separation between the power five conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC) and G5 conferences (AAC, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, Sun Belt) has been brought up.
In fact, Chris Vannini of The Athletic reported on April 23 that multiple administrators from Group of Five schools have had preliminary talks about a “G5-only postseason playoff or even wide-scale G5 realignment with the involvement of private equity.”
On the same day as Vannini’s story dropped, CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd reported former Tennessee head coach Derek Dooley pitched a Group of Five playoff with private equity financial backing.
Dodd noted Dooley’s concept would be designed, in part, to address concerns from the Group of Five conferences over the revenue distribution shares in the new College Football Playoff media rights deal.
