CLEMSON — Though the SEC is not in favor of a 24-team College Football Playoff, the ACC and everyone else is.

ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips told reporters at the conclusion of the league’s spring meetings on Wednesday at the Ritz Carlton in Amelia Island, Florida, that his league is in support of a significant expansion to the CFP.

“The desire from the coaches and ADs is to go to twenty-four (teams),” Phillips said according to Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger.

With the ACC supporting the 24-team playoff model, it leaves the SEC as the only Power 4 Conference in favor of the 16-team playoff. Of course, the Big Ten presented the 24-team model earlier this year and later won over the Big 12, the ACC and Notre Dame in hopes of getting it passed.

The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) threw its support into the ring last week. Though the AFCA does not have a formal vote, it gives a representation of all the leagues’ coaches and how they feel on the matter.

Phillips also stunned everyone on Wednesday when he openly relayed ESPN’s thoughts on an expanding playoff field.

Dellenger reported that Phillips said ESPN officials have been “pretty clear” that they want the playoff to remain at 12 teams and if it does expand, not to expand beyond 16 teams. ESPN, of course, does not want to go over 14 teams because it owns the television rights, as long as the CFP does not expand beyond 14 teams.

A significant expansion will force ESPN to lose its grip as the sole television partner for the CFP, opening the door for FOX or someone else to perhaps come in and bid on broadcasting the extra playoff games.

Currently, FOX is the media partner for the Big Ten. ESPN is the sole television partner for the SEC.

Though the ACC is partnered with ESPN, as well, it favors the 24-team playoff for two reasons — more access for teams that are truly good enough to compete for a national championship, and it allows squads to meet increased investments in programs and football rosters.

“When you’re leaving national championship-contending teams out of the playoff, you don’t have the right number,” Phillips said. “We lived through it, we suffered through it with Florida State, when the field was four.”

Now comes the heart of the matter – the SEC and the Big Ten must both agree on a format to adopt a change. Last year, the other FBS conferences granted authority to the SEC and Big Ten in hopes it would keep them from leaving to form their own postseason.

Can the two come to an agreement? The SEC’s Spring Meetings will be later this month in Destin, Florida.

According to Dellenger, the CFP’s media consultants are exploring just how much additional revenue will come with adding 12 teams, 12 games and one round to the playoff. They started the process two weeks ago at the end of the CFP Spring Meetings.

The group’s findings are expected to be ready in June when the CFP’s decision-makers get together in Denver. “At the center of the decision is whether or not a 24-team field will generate enough additional revenue to recoup the estimated $250 million that will be lost with the elimination of the FBS conference championship games,” Dellenger writes.

The ACC, due to the length of the college football calendar, is in favor of eliminating its conference championship game if a 24-team playoff is approved.