College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock reiterated Saturday a point he’s made frequently over the years: Don’t expect expansion of the current four-team playoff.

Despite multiple conference commissioners including Big 12’s Bob Bowlsby publicly say it’s time to start thinking about playoff expansion, Hancock said he doesn’t envision it happening during the playoff’s current contract which runs through 2026.

“I don’t see it,” Hancock said. “The four-team playoff format is extremely popular.”

While a story published in The Athletic in December about growing support for expansion generated lots of media discussion, Hancock claimed Saturday he hasn’t heard concerns from conference commissioners about the current setup.

“The commissioners said it wouldn’t be a bad idea to talk about seeing if we can make this great thing even greater,” Hancock explained. “And that’s all the feedback I’m getting. It might be a good time to think about making it better.”

When asked by AL.com if going to an eight-team format would make the playoff better, Hancock said: “Personally, no.”

Hancock cited a list of different reasons including when and where quarterfinal games would be located and the effects of an additional game on student-athletes as reasons why he preferred to stay with the same format. He said he’s studied the issue -- same as he did when the switch from the BCS to playoff format was made -- and four teams makes the most sense.

“Six years ago we went through all this and we decided the four-team format was right,” he told AL.com. “I don’t know what has changed since then to make anyone feel differently about it.”

Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez, who served on the CFP selection committee from 2014-16, referenced regional bias in comments to The Athletic about the need for expansion which he considers to be “inevitable.”

“I don’t know whether we’re serving all of our people now, when you have some leagues — our league (the Big Ten) as an example," Alvarez told The Athletic. "Two years in a row, we don’t have anyone represented. The Big 12’s been the same way. The Pac-12’s been the same way.”

The CFP executive director is expected to meet with the 10 conference commissioners, Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbick and the 11 university presidents and trustees that make up the CFP’s board of managers next week to “ponder whether to ponder” changes, according to ESPN.

John Talty is the sport editor at Alabama Media Group. You can follow him on Twitter @JTalty.