College Football Playoff Expansion Set for 2024 Season with New 12-Team Bracket, Changing Landscape for Championship Hopefuls

New Playoff Structure Aims to Give More Teams a Chance at National Championship Title and Transform December College Football Experience

The College Football Playoff is set to expand to a 12-team bracket in the 2024 season, promising to transform the December college football experience and give more teams a chance at the national championship title. The bracket will include the four highest-ranked conference champions, six at-large teams, and the two highest-ranked remaining conference champions.
The speculation around what the current season would look like if the 12-team bracket were already in place reveals potential high-stakes match-ups and a more competitive and exciting December of college football.
The expanded 12-team playoff will ensure a solid month of narrative featuring triple the number of championship contenders compared to the current format, ultimately resulting in more teams with genuine hopes of making the playoffs up until November and increasing fan engagement.
The playoff expansion will surely mark a crucial moment for Group of Five teams. Teams from non-Power Five conferences, historically underrepresented, will be guaranteed at least one slot in the evened-out bracket, thus promoting greater inclusivity in the sport.
While the benefits of the new structure are highly anticipated, the sport must endure one more season of the four-team bracket. Critics argue that keeping only four teams in the championship chase now seems wasteful and unnecessarily limited compared to the exciting shift anticipated for the 2024 season.