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ESPN 'socializing' a 16-team CFP format with four play-in games
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Drew Lerner
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ESPN is proposing a new 20-team College Football Playoff format that includes 16 teams with four additional play-in games. The proposal faces resistance from the Big Ten conference, which prefers a 24-team structure.
College Football Playoff stakeholders are meeting virtually today to further discuss expansion and the second- and third-order effects that come along with it. And while much of the discussion over the past year and change has centered on whether the playoff should expand to 16 or 24 teams, it appears ESPN is floating yet another format for consideration.
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