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24-Team Playoff Inevitable? NOT SO FAST - Josh Pate's College Football Show

2026-05-15 Sports
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College Football Playoff expansion remains a hot topic with the latest intel suggesting there's a push to explore a 24-team model. On Josh Pate's College Football Show Ep 736 Josh Pate looked at several arguments for this and began shooting holes in the logic of every single one. Let us know what you think in the comments below and be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the channel and CLICK THE BELL for notifications as we bring you multiple live shows per week! #CFP #JoshPate #CFB SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/josh-pates-college-football-show/id1485905502 Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoshPateCFB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JoshPateCFB/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joshpatecfb

Top Comments (10)

@Dawgsfan7 2026-05-17

remember when they changed the OT rules to save a handful of plays "for the players health", now we are talking 24 team playoffs adding numerous games to their wear and tear. make it make sense

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@littlebittycustoms923 2026-05-15

At this point they should just play a round robin tournament between the big 4. it would only take about 3 years

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@kopesthetic 2026-05-16

Keep fighting for us Josh! No one wants a playoff bigger than 12 teams! Please be our voice!

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@mlepley4 2026-05-15

My only expansion scenario, 14 teams. 1 play in game for the 12 seed, g5 vs 13 for the last spot

15 4 replies
@brzilla1235 2026-05-15

I've said this for a long time, if you really want more revenue in the sport just add live comments like YouTube to ESPN, ABC, CBS, SEC Network, etc. That are uncensored and fans have to pay $10 per comment. They'd make millions more per game

28 6 replies
@BroDudeManGuy_Official 2026-05-18

The nice thing about a 24 team playoff is it makes the top 25 actually relevant In the current era being ranked 23 means absolutely nothing except for teams to say “we got a ranked win”

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@Saltyron01 2026-05-15

It would significantly devalue the regular season. Allowing 4 loss teams to participate won't be a upgrade to the playoffs. Rivalry games will revert to seeding matchups. Basically college football will be the JR NFL. Revenue over competition.

28 1 replies
@A_Rare_STD 2026-05-15

Great points!!!! Speak up for the sport!!!

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@brownsloyalist5417 2026-05-15

The CFP started with 2 teams then 10 years later it doubled to 4 then it tripled to 12 teams 10 years after that. So the most logical would be to quadruple the amount of teams in the playoff to 48 teams but not till 2033. That’s what they should do

6 2 replies
@Destroyerdale 2026-05-15

11-1 byu got left out 6:23

9 3 replies

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