College Football Playoff officially expanding to 12 teams in 2024

It’s taking place!

The Faculty Soccer Playoff is increasing to 12 groups beginning within the 2024-25 season, it was introduced Tuesday morning.

The 12-team discipline will function 4 video games within the first rounds, with the highest 4 seeds receiving a bye. The video games will both happen on the top-seeded workforce’s house stadium or at a impartial website, per the information launch.

“We’re delighted to be transferring ahead,” Invoice Hancock, government director of the Faculty Soccer Playoff, stated in an announcement. “When the board expanded the playoff starting in 2026 and requested the CFP Administration Committee to look at the feasibility of beginning the brand new format earlier, the Administration Committee went proper to work. Extra groups and extra entry imply extra pleasure for followers, alumni, college students and student-athletes.

“We admire the leaders of the six bowl video games and the 2 future nationwide championship sport host cities for his or her cooperation. Everybody realized that this modification is in the very best curiosity of school soccer and pulled collectively to make it occur.”

A College Football Playoff press conference in November
A Faculty Soccer Playoff press convention in November
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Final yr, Massive 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby stated the 2024 enlargement was in “jeopardy” — however all sides seem to have come to an settlement.

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