Any College Football Playoff tweaks for 2025 won’t be hashed out until later this year
2 months, 1 week ago

Any College Football Playoff tweaks for 2025 won’t be hashed out until later this year

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Any adjustments to the College Football Playoff for next season, including a potential tweak in the way byes are awarded, would have to take place later this year, probably in the spring, the leaders of the playoff said Sunday. Conference commissioners and school presidents who operate the playoff met on the eve of the Ohio State-Notre Dame title game to discuss issues related to this season’s kickoff of the 12-team playoff, and how to transition to the next TV contract, which begins in 2026. This year, the top four conference champions were guaranteed byes, which allowed Arizona State and Boise State to leapfrog several teams ranked ahead of them. “Should be altered in some sort of material way, then I think we absolutely have to look at Notre Dame’s ability to get a bye if we end up as one of the top four teams,” Fighting Irish athletic director Pete Bevacqua said a day earlier.

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SEC and Big 10 are prepared to push for changes to CFP seeding in 2025
1 month, 1 week ago

SEC and Big 10 are prepared to push for changes to CFP seeding in 2025

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — The Big Ten and Southeastern Conference will push for changes in the way College Football Playoff teams are seeded next season to coincide more with how teams are ranked by the CFP selection committee, commissioners for both leagues said on Wednesday. “I’m prepared to vote for seeding change,” SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said. “But it has to …

Notre Dame AD says he thinks there’s a chance for seeding tweak in College Football Playoff
2 months, 1 week ago

Notre Dame AD says he thinks there’s a chance for seeding tweak in College Football Playoff

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Notre Dame’s athletic director said “I think there’s a chance” for tweaks to the way the College Football Playoff awards byes next year — an issue that will be discussed this weekend but that would need unanimous approval from the 10 conferences and the Fighting Irish. Speaking at media day Saturday in advance of the national title game, …

Predicting the first 12-team College Football Playoff selection committee rankings
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Predicting the first 12-team College Football Playoff selection committee rankings

New York Times  

The first College Football Playoff rankings will be revealed Tuesday night, and once again I’ll be using my projections model to try to predict how the selection committee will rank the teams each week. Here’s what I expect Tuesday’s rankings to be: Next five: Missouri, South Carolina, UNLV, Arizona State, Tulane Biggest question: What to do with Notre Dame? There …

The confused college football fan’s guide to the many changes for 2024 season
7 months, 2 weeks ago

The confused college football fan’s guide to the many changes for 2024 season

New York Times  

Hello, and welcome to my news conference to preview the 2024 college football season. To ask the questions, I’ve assembled a room full of college football fans who fell asleep somewhere around the end of 2019 and woke up at some point this weekend. GO DEEPER ‘All hell broke loose’: The chaotic final days that shook the Pac-12 and college …

College Football Playoff 2024 sleepers: 13 unranked teams who can crash the 12-team field
7 months, 3 weeks ago

College Football Playoff 2024 sleepers: 13 unranked teams who can crash the 12-team field

New York Times  

College football’s postseason enters a new era in 2024 with the arrival of the 12-team College Football Playoff, featuring automatic bids for the five top-ranked conference champions plus seven at-large selections. — Kyle Tucker The Cyclones return nine starters on both offense and defense, including breakout quarterback Rocco Becht, his top four receivers, the defense’s top five tacklers and leading …

College Football Playoff officials discuss further expansion for 2026 onward
1 year, 1 month ago

College Football Playoff officials discuss further expansion for 2026 onward

New York Times  

GRAPEVINE, Texas — College football commissioners on Wednesday discussed the possibility of growing the College Football Playoff field to 14 or 16 teams when the next CFP contract goes into effect in 2026. GO DEEPER As CFP meetings resume, the battle for control of the sport's future persists “It was the most productive meeting I’ve been in since I started …

Could recent NIT changes be a sign for College Football Playoff’s future? G5 mailbag
1 year, 4 months ago

Could recent NIT changes be a sign for College Football Playoff’s future? G5 mailbag

New York Times  

We’re heading into the stretch run of November. We currently have a 6+6 format for the next two years, guaranteeing at least one spot for a Group of 5 team, although that may change to 5+7, depending on the Pac-12’s future. If no Group of 5 teams finish in the final CFP top 25 this year, the committee will pick …

CFP puts off decisions on format tweaks with Pac-12 still in limbo, hears from potential TV partners
1 year, 6 months ago

CFP puts off decisions on format tweaks with Pac-12 still in limbo, hears from potential TV partners

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The number of spots reserved for conference champions when the College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams next year remained open for discussion Wednesday as administrators who manage the postseason wrapped up meetings that mostly focused on potential television partners. College Football Playoff Executive Director Bill …

With super conferences and CFP expansion on horizon, 2023 is the end of an era in college football
1 year, 7 months ago

With super conferences and CFP expansion on horizon, 2023 is the end of an era in college football

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I’m resigned to it,” said ESPN’s Rece Davis on The AP Top 25 College Football Podcast. “This thing was driven by money and by football and to say these decisions benefit the student-athletes, in most cases, I’m not sure I believe that,” said Brian Polian, a …

Predicting conference realignment’s unpredictable future: 5 scenarios for 2033 and beyond
1 year, 8 months ago

Predicting conference realignment’s unpredictable future: 5 scenarios for 2033 and beyond

New York Times  

Four years ago, The Athletic admirably — and, as it turns out, foolishly — attempted to predict the future of college sports when my colleague Stewart Mandel took a stab at what the conference landscape would look like five or 10 years into the future. “But I also know that the SEC can’t sit still and allow the Big Ten …

College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams in 2024 season
2 years, 3 months ago

College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams in 2024 season

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The College Football Playoff announced …

College Football Playoff to expand to 12 teams by 2026
2 years, 6 months ago

College Football Playoff to expand to 12 teams by 2026

New York Times  

Follow The Athletic’s live coverage of Week 1 of the college football season. The College Football Playoff will expand to 12 teams by 2026, the CFP Board of Managers announced Friday. 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: College Football Playoff Board of Managers Votes to Expand Playoff to 12 Teams Details on today's meeting » https://t.co/x77b7YFPbt#CFBPlayoff 🏈🏆 pic.twitter.com/M6LbtdGaEj — College Football Playoff September 2, 2022 …

CFP board chair: New format ideally in place by June 2023
2 years, 9 months ago

CFP board chair: New format ideally in place by June 2023

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The CFP management committee, comprised of 10 FBS conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s athletic director, spent the final six months of 2021 trying to come to unanimous agreement on a 12-team plan — but never got there. “Whether or not that comes back and how this …

CFP talks stall, dimming hopes of expansion before 2026
3 years, 2 months ago

CFP talks stall, dimming hopes of expansion before 2026

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! INDIANAPOLIS — College Football Playoff expansion talks remain stalled and the possibility of implementing a new format by the 2024 season dimmed Monday after three days of meetings failed to produce an agreement. Hancock said the management committee, comprised of 10 conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s …

College Football Playoff expansion proposal: What’s right, what’s wrong and who’d benefit most from the 12-team format?
3 years, 9 months ago

College Football Playoff expansion proposal: What’s right, what’s wrong and who’d benefit most from the 12-team format?

New York Times  

The College Football Playoff’s four-person working group submitted a proposal Thursday that would expand the current FBS postseason format from four to 12 teams. It helps Notre Dame in almost every way, even if there’s a wonky drawback to reserving the four byes for conference champions, even if the Irish finish No. Dochterman : I don’t think it ruins the …

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