How should the College Football Playoff work? Debating seeding, selection and more changes
The first 12-team Playoff had a lot of great moments. It could also use some tweaks. In the short term, leaders are unlikely to make major changes to the format for the 2025 season. The bigger stuff is more likely to come in 2026, when the new contracts kick in and the SEC and Big Ten basically get to do whatever they want.
Here's what needs to change about College Football Playoff format after sparkling debut
Leave it be. Enjoy the show. Let a good thing be a good thing. This 12-team College Football Playoff format works beautifully.
What a 14-team College Football Playoff would have looked like in 2024, assuming new proposals take effect
Ohio State reigned supreme in the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff, defeating Tennessee, Oregon, Texas and Notre Dame on its road to glory. Like most things in college sports right now,
College Football Playoff: 5 Potential Changes to Improve the 12-Team Format
The first 12-team College Football Playoff finished on Monday night with Ohio State beating Notre Dame 34-23 in Atlanta, Ga. The new 12-team playoff was a massive success, although the expanded field allows for more mulligans for every team and perhaps reduces the importance of some games.
College Football Playoff predictions: Which teams return in 2025 from Ohio State to Clemson?
In or out? A verdict on which of the College Football Playoff qualifiers will be back in the bracket next season.
What we learned from the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff
Did it hurt the sport's regular season? Do rivalries still matter? Here's what Nicole Auerbach took away from the first year of the expanded CFP.
College Football Playoff dark horses for 2025 season feature Florida, Illinois as 12-team format enters Year 2
Year 1 of the 12-team College Football Playoff is almost complete. Notre Dame will face Ohio State on Jan. 20 in the CFP National Championship with the winner earning bragging rights as the first team to run the table in the newly expanded playoff format.
2025-26 College Football Playoff schedule, dates, TV channel, sites
Here's the complete schedule for the College Football Playoff for the 2025-26 season, including game dates, how to watch and teams. This is the second year of the 12-team playoff.
Changes to College Football Playoff format unlikely in 2025
The College Football Playoff board of managers met Sunday to discuss potential changes to the 12-team tournament’s format.  According to Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dell
Projecting 2026 College Football Playoff
This year, Boise State was the non-power representative for the College Football Playoff. Next year, it will be Tulane, but it will be a very different situation than the Broncos'. Boise State got a bye and was actually ranked inside the top-12. That won't be the case next season.
Lessons from inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff: Format is flawed, home environments provide boost
Just like in 2014, there was a lot to learn about how the new bracket and postseason format would impact the sport. During ...
The 12-team Playoff got too much right in Year 1 to change the format already
Many expectations of how the 12-team format would work have not played out as planned, challenging many calls for immediate ...