College Football's 24-Team Playoff Raises Stakes
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Conference title games were only around for a few decades, but they quickly ingrained themselves as a core part of the sport.
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On Monday, the College Football Playoff Committee announced that 2027 will be the start of a 24-team format for the College Football Playoff, allowing double the amount of teams to be eligible for postseason contention.
BYU football has never reached the College Football Playoff. Not during the four-team era, when the Cougars were still an independent (or their first season as a member of the Big 12), and not during the 12 -team era. Whether you believe they were snubbed ...
Building on the success of the on-campus games introduced in the 12-team format, both the CFP First and Second rounds of the expanded Playoff will be played on the campus of the higher seed. A total of 16 Playoff games will now be played on campus as opposed to four in the current format.