The 12-team College Football Playoff is officially coming in 2024. ChrisVannini looks at how the new format will elevate conference title games.
team could get in and still win a national championship. The most talented teams like Alabama and Georgia will get more mulligans.
But I maintain that the real purpose and value of the 12-team model is not about who wins at the end. It makes the journey there more interesting, and conference championship weekend is the biggest part of that. I asked CFP executive director Bill Hancock if the college football regular season has been devalued or increased in value over time. Hancock has been up close for all of it. He once directed the Final Four, and he directed the BCS before the CFP. He admitted that, yes, the sport’s postseason has moved quickly, from decades of poll champions to the BCS, the four-team CFP and now a 12-team CFP over 25 years. He’s heard the arguments about devaluing the regular season. He’s made them himself.
A four-team playoff has its place. In most years, the top four teams have been easy to select. If TCU and USC win, the committee’s decisions will be made for them once again. But the four-team model has become an awkward middle ground. It’s kept out undefeated Group of 5 teams. It’s led players to opt out of the Rose Bowl and other New Year’s Six games.
I don’t want the field to expand any larger after 12. But come 2024, when the 12-team model is in place, conference championship weekend will finally become the biggest weekend of the college football regular season.Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. Try a week on us.
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