REPORT: The College Football Playoff to Expand to a 12-team Format

It seemed like an inevitability at this point, with a summer full of conference realignment, the creation of the "mega conferences," how and what that means for the sport we love going forward, on top of all of that, "Name Image and Likeness" has many fearful that college athletics are turning into a version of the NBA's free agency with the transfer portal and the "pay-to-play" schemes taking over recruiting.

Even after a meeting in February of this year that said the College Football Playoff would stick with its current four-team format until the end of its television contract with ESPN, many still felt that with the current landscape, expansion of the CFP was a matter of when not if.

Now, according to a report by ESPN's Pete Thamel, the College Football Playoff Board of Managers have decided on a 12-team format during Friday's meeting.

Sources: The CFP Board of Managers has decided on a 12-team College Football Playoff during today's meeting.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) September 2, 2022

"Sources: The CFP Board of Managers has decided on a 12-team College Football Playoff during today's meeting."

- Pete Thamel

One of the main drivers of this College Football Playoff expansion was money. Presidents felt as if they were leaving too much on the table. Monday could end up a powerful motivator for starting prior to 2026.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) September 2, 2022

No official statement has been issued by the Executive Director of the CFP, Bill Hancock, yet. But it is important to note that these changes to the format will not go into effect until 2026.

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