During SEC spring meetings in Miramar Beach, Fl. this week, one topic coaches and administrators will tackle is the league’s championship weekend. Rather than just have one game, a report from Yahoo Sports says the SEC could opt to have play-in games for potential automatic bids in a new College Football Playoff format.

No format has been settled on for the future of the CFP. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer sounded tentatively supportive of a play-in element for the SEC.

“I think any time you have a chance to be in a play-in game that’s still part of the playoffs – and I’m thinking just generally speaking and not specifically about Alabama – I think that adds to the excitement,” DeBoer said. “It keeps more people interested in where their team sits. But again, I don’t know enough about how that would look and how that would relate to a conference championship or anything like that, those weeks, how that would all add up to what we have already to find a national champion.”

Speaking Monday, commissioner Greg Sankey said the league had not thrown its weight behind any one playoff model. The SEC was unhappy after it felt several schools, including Alabama, were not rewarded for their strength of schedule during selection for the 2024 playoff.

Sankey also implied that a 16-team format that would reportedly give the SEC and Big Ten four automatic bids each, could cost his league spots in the field.

“Depending on the number of teams,” Sankey said. “I don’t see the critics really digging in to understand that reality. I don’t see the critics actually analyzing like I’ve just described, how schedules are evaluated. So the critics can run to the microphone and share their opinions. We’re trying to find a format to determine– whatever number it is– the best teams in college football. And I think where we are right now is we have used a political process inside a room to come to decisions about football. We should be using football information to come to football decisions.”

DeBoer also did not have an opinion on any new formats, saying he was open to any ideas. The league will continue spring meetings through Thursday in Florida

“I think there will be a lot in the next couple days that I’ll probably learn, just like all of us, and hopefully, keep the ball moving enough to where we can figure out what’s best. I don’t know if there is a perfect solution. You just have to figure out what’s best for everyone involved.”