Now that the process to finalize how the 12 teams for the expanded College Football Playoff will be selected for the next two seasons is complete, discussions are already underway about potentially adding more teams for 2026 and beyond. The CFP management committee recently discussed the possibility of a 14-team bracket, along with governance of the playoff and the distribution of growing revenue after the next two seasons. However, no conclusions were reached after nearly nine hours of discussions among the 10 FBS conference commissioners and Notre Dame's incoming athletic director.
The format for the upcoming season will include the five highest-ranked conference champions and seven at-large teams, tripling the size of the playoff field. The CFP managers began working on an expansion plan in 2019, with progress potentially slowed down by the pandemic.
