14-team CFP in 2026?

[pseudonym]

I assume this would be 5+9, with the top 2 conference champs receiving a bye.

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[karlchilders.sixpack]

I think they talked about it, then moved on.
In Other words, no.
What I saw on Finebaum.

 

[GloryDawg]

If they get enough G5 Presidents on the committee it will happen.

 

[patdog]

I think they talked about it, then moved on.
In Other words, no.
What I saw on Finebaum.

For now. I think the fact they’re discussing it means it’s inevitable though.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

If they get enough G5 Presidents on the committee it will happen.

Would group of 5 be better off in their own playoff? The one G5 team that makes the playoff is going to get sanduskied 9 times out of 10.

 

[OG Goat Holder]

The 17 is the point? Go to 16. No byes. All neutral site.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

The 17 is the point? Go to 16. No byes. All neutral site.

The more teams, the more games, the better for me. I'd due higher seed host until the second to last round. Also no auto qualifiers.

 

[QuaoarsKing]

The 17 is the point? Go to 16. No byes. All neutral site.

Yes, except home sites instead of neutral. The better teams earned an advantage in the regular season.

 

[OG Goat Holder]

Yes, except home sites instead of neutral. The better teams earned an advantage in the regular season.

Does FCS and D2/3 do that? They might, I'm not sure. I'm just going by basketball, and a self-serving effort to preserve bowls (which is a staple of a bygone era).

But either way, it's doable. Playoff needs to be bigger, that simple fact can't be debated.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

Expand the playoff AND keep the bowls, the more football the better.

 

[QuaoarsKing]

Does FCS and D2/3 do that? They might, I'm not sure. I'm just going by basketball, and a self-serving effort to preserve bowls (which is a staple of a bygone era).

But either way, it's doable. Playoff needs to be bigger, that simple fact can't be debated.

Yes, all of the lower divisions of football use home sites until the final.

The bowls are dead. Just expand the regular season to 13 games so that we don't lose football, but have the only postseason be an expanded (I'd go all the way to 24 teams) playoff.