{"id":2162,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/2162","headline":"College Football Playoff expands to 24 teams starting in 2027","dek":"The new five-year, nearly $1.7 billion deal with ESPN also wipes out the Power 4 conference championship games.","body":"The College Football Playoff will balloon to 24 teams beginning with the 2027 season, under a fresh five-year, nearly $1.7 billion agreement between the CFP and ESPN. The network stays on as broadcast partner, with this new money stacked on top of the existing $7.8 billion media rights package covering the current 12-team format through 2032.\n\nThe bigger bracket means a bigger calendar, adding an extra week to the postseason. It also means the end of an era for the Power 4 conference championship games, which will be eliminated after this season. The Army-Navy game is expected to slide into the second Saturday in December, the same slot conference title games used to occupy.\n\nThe announcement caps months of negotiations and arrives just a few seasons after the playoff moved from four teams to twelve. College football has been in near-constant structural flux since that 12-team era began, and this latest expansion keeps that trend going. What exactly the new 24-team bracket will look like in terms of seeding and byes has not been detailed yet, but schools are already bracing for a postseason landscape without the conference championship weekend they have known for years.","published_at":"2026-11-09T18:20:19.146467+00:00","source_count":5,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"College Football Playoff To Expand to 24 Teams Beginning in 2027 Season","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/college-football-playoff-expand-24-161600073.html"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"ESPN, CFP strike deal to expand college playoff to 24 teams","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/espn-cfp-strike-deal-to-expand-college-playoff-to-24-teams"},{"outlet":"Front Office Sports","publisher":"Front Office Sports","title":"College Football Playoff To Expand to 24 Teams Beginning in 2027 Season","url":"https://frontofficesports.com/article/college-football-playoff-to-expand-to-24-teams-beginning-in-2027-season/"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"College Football Playoff To Expand In 2027","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/college-football-playoff-expand-2027-155134340.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"The 24-team College Football Playoff has officially killed conference championship games","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/24-team-college-football-playoff-163735829.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"College Football Playoff’s new 24-team format ruins bowl season forever","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/college-football-playoff-24-team-163046131.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"College Football Playoff doubles up, expands to 24 teams beginning next season","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/college-football-playoff-double-24-163440425.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"College Football Playoff to expand to 24 teams","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/college-football-playoff-expand-24-163408615.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"ESPN, CFP strike deal to expand college playoff to 24 teams","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/espn-cfp-strike-deal-expand-162744213.html"},{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"College Football Playoff officially expanding to 24 teams for 2027 season","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-playoff-format-expanding-to-24-teams-for-2027-season/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"College Football Playoff officially expanding to 24 teams in massive ESPN deal","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/college-football-playoff-officially-expanding-164807268.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"ACC, SEC will eliminate football title games as part of new 24-team playoff","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/acc-sec-eliminate-football-title-170757455.html"},{"outlet":"Awful Announcing","publisher":"Awful Announcing","title":"ESPN, College Football Playoff officially announce expansion to 24 teams","url":"https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/college-football-playoff-officially-expand-24-teams.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"ESPN, CFP agree to 24-team playoff, but at what cost? 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