College football needs a playoff selection committee, even if the NFL does not. That difference should be celebrated.

As the College Football Playoff management committee meets this week to discuss potential format changes, it sounds like there isn't much clarity as of yet.

Any change to the College Football Playoff format in 2025 requires the unanimous consent of the 10 FBS commissioners ‒ and Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua. Changing the format for ...

DALLAS — The format for this year’s College Football Playoff remains in limbo. Perhaps, it can be solved with a familiar thing: money. At a meeting here Tuesday, playoff executives explored ...

The format for 2026 and beyond is tethered to the dilemma over the 2025 format. That’s right: CFP executives have not yet decided on changes to a playoff bracket that will begin in less than ...

Why the Big Ten, SEC alliance turned sour -- and what it means for future College Football Playoff format The Big Ten and SEC were on the same page this spring, but that all changed in June ...

A 5+7 format still leaves the door open for a non-power conference team to make the CFP on an annual basis as the sport transitions to a de facto "Power Four" comprised of the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten ...

Ever since Michigan, Washington, Texas and Alabama were named the four teams to make the 2023 College Football Playoff, there has been ongoing discussion about the CFP format.. Now that New Year’s Day ...

There was no decision on the format for the College Football Playoff in 2025 after a meeting in Dallas. Why the leaders have yet to find solution.

But with one fewer power conference after the Pac-12's demise, the commissioners who manage the CFP recommended to make the change from a 6-6 format to a 5-7. No conference will have automatic access.