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NFL vs. CFP: How Football’s Epic Saturday Slate Turned From Collaboration to Competition

Sports Illustrated

College Football Execs Punt on Changing Structure of New 12-Team Playoff

For now, the 12-team format remains the same: six conference champions and six at-large teams.

Sports Illustrated

CFP 1.0 changed college football, not all for better, and was necessary step in postseason evolution

The four-team playoff changed college football

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Everything the College Football Playoff committee said about Ohio State after latest rankings

What do you think about what the CFP committee said this time around after the latest rankings? #GoBucks

USA Today Sports Media Group

Everything the College Football Playoff Committee said about Ohio State after latest rankings

Here's the CFP committee's song and dance after the latest College Football Playoff rankings reveal. #GOBucks

USA Today Sports Media Group

Everything the College Football Playoff committee said about Ohio State after latest rankings

Everything the CFP committee said centered around Ohio State after the third rankings release. #GoBucks

USA Today Sports Media Group

Lt. Gen. Richard Clark brings leadership, diplomacy skills to CFP as it expands, evolves

The College Football Playoff is on the verge of major changes, including expansion, its next media rights deal and possibly evolving its role as an organizing body in college sports

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College Football Playoff Exec Addresses Impact of Jim Harbaugh Suspension on Michigan

The Wolverines are ranked No. 3 in the CFP's weekly poll.

Sports Illustrated

Everything the College Football Playoff committee said about Ohio State after the latest rankings

Here's everything the CFP committee said about Ohio State after the College Football Playoff rankings were released on Tuesday. #CFBPlayoff #GoBucks

USA Today Sports Media Group

Michigan sign-stealing investigation played no role in playoff ranking deliberations

Ohio State was No. 1, followed by Georgia, Michigan and Florida State in the season’s first CFP rankings, with unbeaten Washington and Oregon at Nos. 5 and 6.

Chicago Sun-Times

Everything the College Football Playoff committee said about Ohio State after initial rankings release

Here's everything the CFP committee said about Ohio State after the initial release of the 2023 rankings. #GoBucks

USA Today Sports Media Group

CFP Committee Considering Multiple Future Playoff Format Options as Pac-12 Disbandment Looms

As the Pac-12 faces extinction, the future 12-team playoff format will likely undergo a makeover.

Sports Illustrated

The New-Look CFP Has New Dates: 2024 Playoff to Start Earlier in December

Commissioners determined start dates for the expanded playoff, with first-round games set to start the third week of the month on same day as Saturday NFL contests.

Sports Illustrated

Broadcast Rights, Expansion Game Schedule on Tap at CFP Meetings

The College Football Playoff executive committee meet this week, and expanded broadcasting rights and the literal schedule will be hot topics.

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The Independent UK

Georgia celebrates back-to-back titles with another parade

For the second straight year, Athens streets were closed for a parade leading to a celebration at Sanford Stadium for Georgia's national championship

Los Angeles Times

J. Brady McCollough: Inside the Rose Bowl’s tricky road to College Football Playoff expansion approval

LOS ANGELES — As of Wednesday, the College Football Playoff did not have its answer after months of waiting. The Rose Bowl was still on the clock, and, accordingly, Pasadena attorney Laura Farber, the chairman of the game’s management committee, warned her opposing counsel that she would be taking lots…

Sports Illustrated

Rose Bowl ’Thrilled’ to Be in Expanded CFP After Lengthy Negotiations

Rose Bowl Management Committee chair Laura Farber said the oldest active bowl had “no intention” of delaying expansion.

Sports Illustrated

‘The NFL Is Squashing Us’: CFP Expansion Runs Into Big-League Issue

With the NFL encroaching onto Black Friday, the scheduling problem of expanding the playoff is becoming increasingly complex for college football’s leaders.

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Conflicting NFL, College Schedules Contributing to CFP Expansion Delay

Scheduling around the pro football postseason appears to be a major factor in the delay of expanding the College Football Playoff.

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CFP Expansion Timeline Unclear Despite Commissioners’ Progress

As talks continue regarding the College Football Playoff’s future, the precise timeline of expansion remains uncertain.

Sports Illustrated

‘This is Bulls---!’ The Secret Calls and Heated Arguments That Led to CFP Expansion

Stakeholders and school presidents describe to SI the secret meetings, last-minute hurdles and one man who was a force for change in approving a 12-team format.

Sports Illustrated

Playoff Expansion May—Finally—Be Nearing a Conclusion

Thursday’s meeting could start providing answers to what’s been a lengthy process.

Sports Illustrated

What We Know—and Don’t Know—About CFP Expansion

The sport’s postseason is expanding to 12 teams, but plenty of questions remain—such as, when will it take effect?

Sports Illustrated

Six Issues That Need Fixing for a 12-Team CFB Playoff

While college football has voted to adopt a 12-team playoff model beginning in 2026, there are still plenty of obstacles to overcome before then.

Tribune News Service

How the CFP chose Atlanta for another championship game

ATLANTA — The College Football Playoff decided to bring its national championship game back to Atlanta in January 2025 because “the city has every ingredient necessary,” CFP Executive Director Bill Hancock said.

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