College Football Playoff expands to 24 teams

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• Yahoo Sports center · est.

  If the College Football Playoff expands to 24 teams next season, that could be the end of conference title games at the sport's top level. For now, though, the race to qualify for those championship clashes remains significant.
• Sporting News center · est.

  Yes, another College Football Playoff expansion is here. Here's a complete guide to the 24-team format the CFP is expected to approve, including what it would mean for bowl games, the bracket and more to know.
  
• Variety center · est.

  ESPN secured rights to an expanded college-football playoff structure, lending ballast to the media-industry notion that you can’t have enough of this level of game play at this moment in the sector. Under terms of a new deal, the Disney sports-media giant will be the exclusive worldwide rightsholder to an expanded 24-team College Football Playoff, […]
  
• Deadline center · est.

  ESPN has renewed its rights deal with the College Football Playoff through 2032, with an expanded 24-team format set to take effect next season. Barely a decade into its existence, the CFP has bumped up ratings and excitement around the sport, but its initial 4-team setup has grown exponentially and will once again reshape the […]
  
• Louisiana Sports

  CFP’s expansion means no more SEC Championship game
• Sports Media Watch

  CFP officially expanding to 24 teams with new ESPN deal