Toledo Rockets’ Playoff News is Major Update on MAC’s Future.
ToledoToledo hired Mike Jacobs as its new head football coach before this season with huge aspirations in mind. Jacobs, who came aboard from FCS program Mercer, wants to make the College Football Playoff.
EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN - SEPTEMBER 04: Connor Walendzak #8 of the Toledo Rockets plays against the Michigan State Spartans at Spartan Stadium on September 04, 2026 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
"It might seem close or far off, depending on what your perspective is… It's about pushing it further. It's about fine tuning and moving the needle farther than it's ever been at Toledo.
It was reported on Monday that the College Football Playoff will officially expand to 24 teams for the 2027 season. That'll included four Power 4 conference champions, the top-ranked Group of 6 team and then 19 at-large bids from the entire FBS.
KEY POINTS
- Toledo Rockets’ Playoff News is Major Update on MAC’s Future.
- "This is about taking it and elevating it to the next level and making sure this is the best Group of Six program in the country and we're in that College Football Playoff," Jacobs said before the 2026 season, via the Toledo Blade.
- The Rockets have been a strong Group of 6 program in recent seasons, just off the pace of the smaller program powerhouses, but expansion is coming, and Toledo will make a case to be at the table.
- Before this season, Toledo's Mike Jacobs said, "I think the FCS has got it right…if (the FBS) can find a way to mimic some of those things and as long as the G6 teams still have a place at the table, I'm all for it."