Push for 24-Team College Football Playoff Gaining Serious Momentum
"This does not represent a decision or commitment to expand, but rather an opportunity to engage with ESPN and gather additional information to help determine a path forward. The CFP will provide additional updates when appropriate."Negotiations could begin as soon as Wednesday.So what's on the chopping block with more playoff games potentially on the way? What shape those new games take will be better in view sometime in the next 30 days.View 0 CommentsRequest Reprint & LicensingSubmit CorrectionView Editorial & AI Guidelines
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- ▪The CFP will provide additional updates when appropriate."Negotiations could begin as soon as Wednesday.So what's on the chopping block with more playoff games potentially on the way?
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By Cameron Kiszla0ShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberSee more of our trusted coverage when you search.Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search.The 24-team College Football Playoff may soon be upon us.The CFP on Tuesday announced they've opened a 30-day negotiating window with ESPN, "signaling their greatest interest yet in a 24-team CFP field that could begin as soon as 2027," reports Heather Dinich of ESPN.This, of course, is no guarantee that the CFP will expand beyond its current 12 teams, nor does it assure that, if and when expansion happens, that 24 is the number of teams that will be involved.Read More on NCAA...Instead, it's more of an indication that "the Big Ten and SEC now agree it's worth a discussion with the event's sole rights holder…
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