How to Fix the College Football Playoff: Format, Schedule Changes Necessary with Expansion on the Horizon

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Tom Fornelli's complete guide to ensuring the best college football product as changes loom ahead of the 2026 season

 

Change is coming to the College Football Playoff. We don't know what the format will look like in 2026 after the Big Ten and SEC gain control over it, but we know it won't look like the version we saw in 2024. That format didn't even last a year, as the powers that be saw the flaws in it and -- rightfully -- made the correct change in going to straight seeds.

 

It was a refreshing breath of fresh air to see swift and productive change.

It's also not something I'm counting on becoming the norm. So while The Powers That Be continue to meet over steak dinners in the coming months to hammer out a format, I've decided to gently nudge them in the direction they need to go.

 

Put the company credit cards away, boys, because Tom has all the answers you need

 

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Tom Fornelli's complete guide to ensuring the best college football product as changes loom ahead of the 2026 season