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re: College Playoff 24-team expansion is official
Posted on 11/9/26 at 11:34 am to castorinho
Posted on 11/9/26 at 11:34 am to castorinho
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On top of that, seeding matters. The data on the BYE week in CFP is still early. Right now people are saying you don't want the BYE week, but you have to keep in mind that that first year they introduced the BYE they gave it to conference winners, and most of them were underdogs in those games. So that's skewing the data.
Yeah, would also note:
a) There will be only three weeks of rest between when #1-8 plays in the 24-team CFP rather than the 4 weeks there is for #1-4 now (or even 5 weeks in the unlikely event a team not in the CCG gets #1-4);
b) Right now, the opponents of the teams with a bye in the quarters get about 13 days rest after their first-round game, which is really about the ideal amount of rest vs rust time in football, so kinda screws the teams with a bye. In the 24-team, a team without a bye will only have a week until they have to play a team with a bye; and
c) unlike now, the first game coming off the bye would be at home, not neutral site (and on the flip side, if you don’t get #1-8, you’re playing a road game round 2).
This post was edited on 11/9/26 at 11:35 am
Posted on 11/9/26 at 11:47 am to castorinho
College football is better than ever. Look at the ratings. If you don’t get excited thinking about 8-4 USC playing 8-4 Clemson for all the marbles in the 2027 playoffs you’re just an ingrate.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 11:48 am to castorinho
I find it a little weird that the Big 10 pushed for this so hard yet ESPN is retaining full control of the whole thing.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 11:52 am to NIH
Except both those teams will be 11-4 and survived 3 rounds in order to play for all the marbles.
This post was edited on 11/9/26 at 11:54 am
Posted on 11/9/26 at 11:53 am to castorinho
Posted on 11/9/26 at 11:56 am to red sox fan 13
I’ll also be curious how/if they stagger the first two rounds; assuming they’ll have four “windows” with two games in each (Friday night, Saturday early afternoon, Saturday late afternoon, Saturday night) but wonder if they’ll try something like 7 and 9 Eastern on Friday, and then 12, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 eastern on Saturday). Or if they’ll do two games at 8 on Friday, two at noon Saturday, two at 4 Saturday, two at 8 Saturday.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 11:57 am to Buckeye Fan 19
I have no idea how the format will work, but I am absolutely not a fan of BYEs in the playoffs.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 12:00 pm to wildtigercat93
I know I'm probably in the minority here and I understand the arguments, but why at 24 teams can we not take conference champion of all conferences P4 and G6. You would still have 14 extra bid spots to go to the best 11-1, 10-2 and 9-3 P4 teams. There really isn't any world where a 4 loss team should make the playoffs, which most likely will happen going forward.
G6 Auto bids would also help with some of the parity and talent poaching that happens. Players might be incentivized to stay at their programs if they know they have a chance to make playoffs. You also have rising programs like a JMU that are willing to put the resources towards competing year in and year out and should have just as equal a shot as programs like Rutgers, BC, Maryland. Instead they have to compete with 1 spot against teams form Pac 12 like Boise or Oregon State/Wazzu
G6 Auto bids would also help with some of the parity and talent poaching that happens. Players might be incentivized to stay at their programs if they know they have a chance to make playoffs. You also have rising programs like a JMU that are willing to put the resources towards competing year in and year out and should have just as equal a shot as programs like Rutgers, BC, Maryland. Instead they have to compete with 1 spot against teams form Pac 12 like Boise or Oregon State/Wazzu
Posted on 11/9/26 at 12:00 pm to chew4219
Your idea sounds great until you realize that this whole expanded playoff is a result of greed. So why would any SEC or B1G school is going to agree to give up significant annual revenue to subsidize PAC, MWC, AAC, CUSA, MAC, and Sunbelt teams. Hell, even the ACC and Big 12 schools would likely lose money on that.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 12:01 pm to RollTide1987
16 on campus games is the only part I like about this.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 12:05 pm to beauchristopher
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I have no idea how the format will work, but I am absolutely not a fan of BYEs in the playoffs.
It's so dumb with subjective rankings. So, so, so dumb.
16 teams should be the most it should ever be and that is too many.
8 home games to start, 4 home games after that, then the 4 team playoff at rotating neutral sites.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 12:07 pm to Boodis Man
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RIP college football. great run
Agreed, it will be a mini NFL league.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 12:12 pm to RollTide1987
quote:Not sure how its devastating for them. Gives the G6 a chance to get more than 1 team in the playoff field most years since one champ gets an autobid and there’s usually 1 or 2 more teams that sneak into the top 25.
The G6 better start looking for their own playoff because this is absolutely devastating for them:
I’d say this is far more devastating to every non-CFP bowl game. There won’t be anymore top 25 matchups for those games anymore. This may be the death knell for the bowl system.
I’m guessing the CFP is contractually obligated to use the NY6 bowls through the 2031 season. But once that deal expires, then I’d think that they move to the quarter and semi final games being hosted on campus with just the title game being a neutral site.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 12:14 pm to Muahahaha
That's the next step, basically a two conference league between mostly Big 10 and SEC teams, with top acc and big 12 teams also in it. Which at that point (and almost now) really is no need for conferences. Most of the rivalries are gone anyways, so schools can just schedule their own games and lock in their protected rivals annually.
I wish we could somehow figure out a relegation/promotion type system similar to the English Premier League
I wish we could somehow figure out a relegation/promotion type system similar to the English Premier League
Posted on 11/9/26 at 12:15 pm to Tiger Prawn
How long before it goes to 32 teams? The schedule will already be setup for that, they’ll just eliminate byes and add eight teams.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 12:17 pm to castorinho
Terrible move. 12 was perfect.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 12:22 pm to WaterLink
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All this does is make a playoff appearance on its own nothing special. If a Bama or Ohio St team goes 8-4 for five straight years and go 0-5 playing nothing but road playoff games, they're still gonna fire the coach and all the money is still going to be considered a waste.
The reverse will also be true, if a team goes 11-1 every year and continuously gets top 8 seed byes, if they keep getting upset at home in their playoff games every year that's going to put coaches on hot seats as well. It's all going to be about postseason success and suddenly beating your rivals, winning your conference and having great regular seasons is going to be moot if they're playoff chokers, and then programs are going to prefer guys that go 9-3 every year so long as they can win playoff games.
This is going to create such a shite show with coaching changes unless the NCAA changes the schedule with early signing day and the transfer portal window.
AD's who are ready to fire their 8-4 coach will be stuck until they get knocked out of the playoffs. The coach they want to hire as a replacement will probably still be in the playoffs with another team. And while all that shuffling is going on, the transfer portal and early signing day are passing.
You'll have situations similar to Kiffin to LSU last year happening with multiple teams every year.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 12:25 pm to castorinho
Posted on 11/9/26 at 12:31 pm to GeauxOn
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I know I'm probably in the minority here and I understand the arguments, but why at 24 teams can we not take conference champion of all conferences P4 and G6. You would still have 14 extra bid spots to go to the best 11-1, 10-2 and 9-3 P4 teams. There really isn't any world where a 4 loss team should make the playoffs, which most likely will happen going forward.
You'd still have 4 loss teams in the playoff. Last year, the MWC and MAC champs were both 8-4 in the regular season.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 12:36 pm to Tiger Prawn
Fair point, although that may change with the P4 scheduling requirements, lowering amount of P4 vs G6 games. And I could also support a G6 champion Autobid only if that champion is 10-2 or 9-3 in regular season.
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