The leadership for the Group of Five schools in FBS college football is set to discuss the possibility of implementing a secondary championship to complement the College Football Playoff.

According to Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports, Group of Five commissioners will meet next week in Dallas, and one of the main talking points will be the idea of giving G5 teams something of significance to play for outside of the CFP.

Mountain West commissioner Gloria Nevarez compared the concept to the NIT in college basketball, which is an annual tournament that includes several of the best teams to not make the NCAA tournament.

"We are open to all of that. That would be really interesting and have some value," Nevarez said. "What if it's like an NIT of football?"

Under the rules of the new 12-time CFP, at least one Group of Five team is guaranteed to be in the field.

The top four conference champions receive automatic CFP berths and will be the top four seeds, and those teams will likely come out of the SEC, Big Ten, Big 12 and ACC.

Whoever the top-ranked conference champion is out of the Mountain West, AAC, Conference USA, Sun Belt or MAC will also be among the 12 finalists.

Regardless of whether the Group of Five commissioners agree to a secondary tournament or championship game independent of the CFP, Nevarez clarified that G5 teams will not give up their spot in the CFP, saying: "We're not touching that."

Per Dellenger, MAC commissioner Jon Steinbrecher added that the discussion regarding an NIT-esque championship relates to a desire to create more interest and revenue for G5 teams.

Perhaps more than ever before, there will be a smaller spotlight on middling and lower-tier bowl games this season and beyond due to the expansion of the CFP.

With so many more postseason games having legitimate stakes now, there will perhaps be even less incentive for fans to watch and attend the other bowl games.

A Group of Five championship would pale in comparison to the CFP and the actual national championship, but it would at least have some meaning and would likely appeal to a wider audience.