News Article: CFP officials discuss expanding to 14-team playoff in 2026

[Slowpoke Catracho]

I think they should just go ahead with a 16 team playoff and ditch the committee for the BCS formula.

CFP officials discuss expanding to 14-team playoff in 2026

CFP executive director Bill Hancock said the idea of a 14-team College Football Playoff starting in 2026 was discussed at Wednesday's meeting in Dallas but added, "There's work still to be done."

www.espn.com

 

[DzynKingRTR]

don't even care anymore. they just keep finding ways to make it worse

 

[Bamabuzzard]

Again, this is what "fair" looks like. So everyone (in general) who has been screaming from the rooftops "It's not fair", I hope loves what "fair" ends up looking like. And I'm talking about the NIL, transfer portal, ever-expanding playoffs, etc. The entire ball of wax. I hope everyone loves their "fair".

 

[PA Tide Fan]

It's getting as ridiculous as professional sports where teams play an entire regular season just to determine who has home field advantage in the playoff. That's all teams like Ohio State, Georgia, Bama and few more would be playing the regular season for.

 

[Cruloc]

The slippery slope will never end. 12 will be 14, 14 will be 16......it won't stop until maybe the point of diminishing returns is reached.

They'll lose older fans, but they'll gain the younger generations with the diluted product on the field.

 

[B1GTide]

I would actually prefer that only the top 2 teams get a bye, and 14 teams is a way to do that. Fewer byes mean that every game will matter again for those teams at the top.

 

[davefrat]

How/why is 14 better than 12? And if 14 is better than 12, why not 16? Why not 24 like FCS?

 

[Bamabuzzard]

How/why is 14 better than 12? And if 14 is better than 12, why not 16? Why not 24 like FCS?

Because it's not "fair" to the 13th and 14th teams....err which will lead to it's not "fair" for the 15th and 16th teams, rinse and repeat until they allow JUCO schools to play in it.

 

[jjv0004]

I have no problem with it. Give me more football to watch and assure me that Bama will always be in the playoff.

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

I've always wanted a playoff, so I do see any problem with it. I've been a Bama fan for almost 50 years. I've always hated the "polls"!

 

[TideEngineer08]

it won't stop until maybe the point of diminishing returns is reached.

We are already there.

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

I think they should just go ahead with a 16 team playoff and ditch the committee for the BCS formula.

CFP officials discuss expanding to 14-team playoff in 2026

CFP executive director Bill Hancock said the idea of a 14-team College Football Playoff starting in 2026 was discussed at Wednesday's meeting in Dallas but added, "There's work still to be done."

www.espn.com

POTY! 😎

Very few argued with how the BCS formula worked and I have always suspected that the committee (behind the scenes) used it anyways...

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

I would actually prefer that only the top 2 teams get a bye, and 14 teams is a way to do that. Fewer byes mean that every game will matter again for those teams at the top.

Yeah, then the argument will be the 3rd and 4th teams spouting off that they deserved to be the 2 seed....

 

[davefrat]

Perhaps more than ever it's time for the top 40 or so teams to create their own league and regulate eligibility for the post season in the manner that the NFL does it, where everything is determined down to the most minute mathematical details.

 

[B1GTide]

Yeah, then the argument will be the 3rd and 4th teams spouting off that they deserved to be the 2 seed....

Don't care - I just don't want two really weak teams getting a bye just because they won their conference.

 

[CrimsonTitles]

I always felt like 12 wasn't going to be enough because of the super conferences, but is two more spots really going to be helpful? We should just go ahead and move to 16 or 24, and then close the book on further playoff expansion.

 

[22Musso22]

So let me get this straight, how many teams will be in the playoffs in 2024? 12? LOL!

 

[GrayTide]

I support davefrat's view about creating a separate division. I would place the top 60 FCS teams in a new division and the remaining 70+ teams in its own division. I would also tell the CFPC to get lost.

 

[Toddrn]

Just rank the teams from 1-133. First game of the season is the first round and go from there.

 

[jbrit]

Between NIL, the portal, and now this I think I'm not going to care much about CFB much longer.