MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Oregon coach Dan Lanning was happy the Ducks got to face Texas Tech in South Florida instead of West Texas, even if it seemed a lot of Oregon fans decided to pass on what could be the first of three cross-country College Football Playoff games for their team.

“The Orange Bowl, first off, was unbelievable and I really need to give kudos to the Orange Bowl because it was a great experience,” Lanning said. “But it’s not the same experience anymore when you talk about playoffs. Our guys didn’t leave the hotel. They have the mindset we can celebrate when this thing is all over with, and they were really focused.”

The fifth-seeded Ducks (13-1) beat the fourth-seeded Red Raiders (12-2) 23-0 on Thursday in front of what was announced as a near-capacity crowd at Hard Rock Stadium but was obviously well short.

“The hospitality was unbelievable,” Lanning said. “But we’re trying to serve two different purposes here. This is a playoff, and in my opinion, should’ve been played in Lubbock, Texas. I said that before. That’s not because we wanted to play in Lubbock. I’m certainly glad we didn’t. I’m glad we played in Miami. It was good prep for us.”

Oregon was the No. 1 seed in last year’s 12-team CFP and lost in the quarterfinals at the Rose Bowl to Ohio State, which went on to win the national title.

“Last year, very similar situation for us and I felt it should’ve been played in Eugene,” Lanning said. “There’s a lot of people who do playoffs. Feel like the playoffs have looked a certain way for a long time. We’re trying to serve two purposes here, and the amount of time in between games. Obviously, it’s tough for teams. You know, we experienced it last year.”

Before the Orange Bowl, Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark said playing more on-campus CFP games is an option worth examining, but whether it can be executed remains to be seen.

While the game had an announced attendance of 65,021, a few hundred short of Hard Rock Stadium’s official capacity (65,326), there were plenty of empty seats visible for the early New Year’s Day kickoff.

The first round of the CFP features four games on campus before the quarterfinals and semifinals are played in the traditional New Year’s Six bowls.

The CFP management committee, which is made up of the 10 FBS conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s athletic director, is considering options to expand the Playoff to as many as 16 teams, starting next year.

Adding more home games to the format doesn’t seem to be a short-term priority.

“Well, we’ve got to examine that, too,” Yormark said. “You know, operationally, can they do that? The first-round games have been fantastic in every respect, and I think it’s a differentiator for us. When you think about the NFL, the pageantry just being on campus, I think, is a difference maker for us. But again, the commissioners are going to have to think through: Can we do that beyond the first round?”

The quarterfinal travel for fans of the Ducks and Red Raiders was especially difficult, with Oregon having to cross the country and Texas Tech coming from West Texas. The Ducks will make another trip east for their semifinal at the Peach Bowl in Atlanta next week. The national title game is back in Hard Rock Stadium on Jan. 19.

As the No. 5 seed, Oregon opened the CFP with a home game in Eugene against James Madison. Texas Tech received a first-round bye as one of the top four seeds.

“In my opinion, this game should be played at Texas Tech,” Oregon head coach Dan Lanning said last week. “The higher-seeded team, there should be a home-field advantage for them.”

The CFP has not extended its agreements with the Orange, Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, Cotton and Peach bowls through the next six-year deal with ESPN that kicks in starting next season, but it is expected to do so.

“The New Year’s Six bowls have been fantastic, great partners, and they put on an incredible experience, as they have here in town with the Orange Bowl,” Yormark said. “So we’ll see. Everything’s on the table, and hopefully we’ll be very thoughtful about it.”

Yormark and the other members of the management committee are facing a Jan. 23 deadline to inform ESPN of the format for next season. A 16-team format that adds four more at-large spots to the current model has support from the SEC, but the Big Ten would like to keep on the table a 24-team format that would need at least an extra year to implement.

Yormark said he would like whatever the next format is to be the format for the duration of the next contract.

“One person’s opinion is, I think wherever we settle now is something that we should play out for the foreseeable future, because you need to get some rhythm behind it,” he said.