CHICAGO (AP) -
The BCS commissioners are backing a playoff plan with the sites for the national semifinals rotating among the major bowl games and a selection committee picking the teams.
The plan will be presented to university presidents next week for approval.
Once the presidents sign off, and that seems likely, major college football's champion will be decided by a playoff for the first time, starting in 2014.
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