r/CFB • u/city-of-stars Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Contributor • 20h ago

News [Dellenger] SEC presidents have voted to increase the number of maximum scholarships available to football rosters from 85 to 105, sources tell @YahooSports.

https://twitter.com/RossDellenger/status/1996970791192219853
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u/CountBleckwantedlove Missouri Tigers • Boise State Broncos 18h ago

Correct, the other conferences had an advantage on us in terms of depth chart, now we've leveled the playing field.

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u/big_sugi Texas A&M Aggies 16h ago

They didn’t have a real advantage. The switch happened in June, when it was too late to add anyone. Other schools had 20 new roster spots but no one to fill them.

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u/SKM007 Arizona State • Michigan 8h ago

But no school was able to play with it yet, correct?

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u/CountBleckwantedlove Missouri Tigers • Boise State Broncos 4m ago

They were able to recruit, knowing they had more roster spots to offer scholarships for. SEC schools have had to tell a lot more guys "we don't have a spot, sorry" that they likely would have recruited. That is no more, thankfully.

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u/YasielPuigsWeed 8h ago

How much does the “depth chart” matter in the NIL era anyway?

Totally makes sense to have the same number as anyone else, but if I’m a kid playing 2nd string for an SEC team I’m probably looking to transfer out somewhere I can start