The College Football Playoff is on the verge of expanding again. Things have been trending that way for over a year, but it appears that white smoke is on the near horizon for yet another postseason change that will see the field double in size as soon as the 2027 season.
It speaks to the absurdity of college sports at this moment that it’s going to be entirely possible that a class of 2023 athlete could have played in a four-team College Football Playoff, a 12-team tournament and a 24-team edition next year. While some will lament the negative impact this has on the regular season or the watered-down games it may produce every December, this train is not slowing down on the tracks anytime soon.
