As he enters his three-year anniversary on the job, Yormark is now among college sports' power brokers. And he remains bullish on the 16-team Big 12, as the college landscape goes through more change with revenue sharing with student-athletes and future College Football Playoff expansion.

College football stakeholders have been hard at work this offseason shaping the future of the College Football Playoff, and they made significant headway in finalizing a 5+11 model in another potential wave of bracket expansion.

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark doubled down on his support of the 5+11 College Football Playoff format during his opening address on the first day of Big 12 Football Media Days Tuesday at the Star in Frisco.