College Football Playoff Officially Expanding to 12 in 2024

FILE – The College Football Playoff logo is shown on the field at AT&T Stadium before the Rose Bowl NCAA college football game between Notre Dame and Alabama in Arlington, Texas, Jan. 1, 2021. The university presidents who oversee the College Football Playoff voted Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, to expand the postseason model for determining a national champion from four to 12 teams no later than the 2026 season. (AP Photo/Roger Steinman, File)

The Rose Bowl held all the power in if the CFP would be expanded for the final 2 years of it’s contract. But the Rose officially reached an agreement that officially makes it so the CFP will be a 12 team field in 2024. The first round of the playoff in 2024 will take place the week ending Sat., Dec. 21 with the first round of the playoff being held at school’s home stadiums.

𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧: The College Football Playoff will expand to 12 teams beginning in the 2024-25 season!

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This should be a good thing for the Pac 12. If there was a 12 team playoff this year the Oregon State Beavers would be just on the outside of the playoff and they would probably have 2 teams in the playoff with USC and Washington.