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The College Football Playoff announced Tuesday that it will open discussions with broadcast partner ESPN about potentially doubling the tournament to 24 teams. “The CFP has decided to move forward in its evaluation of potential playoff expansion to 24 teams by beginning a media rights discussion with ESPN,

The exclusive 30-day window allows the CFP to weigh offers for a 16- or 24-team field before a Dec. 1 deadline to enact changes for the 2027 season

Exactly how much the expanded inventory might be worth is vital to know but difficult to gauge without formal conversations with ESPN.

At this time a year ago, LSU beat Clemson 17-10 in a game that prematurely pushed LSU to the forefront of the College Football Playoff conversation on Labor Day weekend. It was a statement nonconference win against what many believed would be an elite Clemson team.

There’s still one more game left in Week 1 of the 2026 college football season (SMU-Florida State), but ESPN has already dropped its updated FPI Top 25 rankings. Texas comes in

The CFP said it will explore potentially expanding to 24 teams, a decision it will make only after discussions with ESPN.

While the move is not necessarily a commitment to expand, the decision would signal a serious interest in exploring the worth of a 24-team playoff field.

The possibility of the College Football Playoff format expanding to 24 teams reportedly increased on Tuesday.

The College Football Playoff could be getting a lot bigger, and there is now more momentum behind a 24-team field that would add another round of postseason games. Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti said on The Dan Patrick Show that the conferences have been working through the differences over the playoff’s future and that the