Hold onto your hats, college football fans, because the College Football Playoff is expected to nearly double in size, hitting a massive 24 teams starting in 2027. Yeah, you read that right. Twenty-four teams.
The Money Grab Is Obvious, Let’s Be Real
Look, we all know why this is happening, right? It’s the oldest trick in the book for any business trying to balance the budget: cut costs, boost revenue. For college football, cutting costs apparently means screaming about “CHAOS!” because free-market forces finally showed up and then begging Congress for an antitrust exemption. But the real money move? That’s increasing the “inventory.” More games played means more games on TV, and you know what that means: more cash from the networks. That’s exactly why this deal to go from 12 to 24 teams is coming. The TV network set to make a killing from turning some old, meaningless bowl games into “meaningful” playoff matchups is spilling the beans, and the 24-team playoff is expected as soon as 2027.
Get Ready For Even More Lopsided Matchups
Here’s the kicker though. We’re already seeing some totally lopsided games in the early rounds of the current CFP. And honestly, it makes sense. College rosters aren’t built like the NFL where you get “Any Given Sunday” upsets all the time. When the absolute best face off, you often get blowouts because the quality of the respective rosters just isn’t comparable down the line. So, expanding to 24 teams? That means even more of those matchups where the talent gap is massive. Get ready for a whole lot more of those snooze-fest early rounds.
This expansion is coming, and it’s coming fast, as soon as 2027. So, get ready to see a lot more college football on your screens, and probably a lot more nail-biters… or, you know, not. We’ll find out just how “meaningful” all those extra games really are.
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Originally reported by Pro Football Talk.
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