Expand CFP, Dump Conference Title Games? Coaches Outline Vision for College Football
The coaches group wants a 12-team playoff to end by the second Monday in January and says conference title games have outlived their purpose.
- On Tuesday, the American Football Coaches Association board announced four proposed calendar changes, including eliminating conference championship games and expanding the College Football Playoff to conclude by the second Monday in January.
- Aiming to better support student-athletes, the AFCA seeks to align the season with the academic calendar and transfer portal window, addressing postseason gaps that executive director Craig Bohl says create unnecessary challenges.
- New Mexico coach Jason Eck and Kentucky coach Will Stein voiced support for expanding the CFP, with Stein saying "hell yeah" to a 24-team model that would guarantee eight teams per conference.
- Central Michigan coach Matt Drinkall pushed back against eliminating conference championship games, arguing the NCAA must prioritize other paramount issues before meaningfully addressing postseason play in football.
- Separately, the Football Bowl Subdivision Oversight Committee recommended standardizing the regular season to 14 weeks beginning in 2027, with games starting on the Thursday of Week Zero and ending after Thanksgiving.
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Expand CFP, dump conference title games? Coaches outline vision for college football
College football’s largest professional organization for coaches endorsed an expansion to the College Football Playoff, elimination of conference championship games and an earlier end to the season.
Coaches group supports earlier College Football Playoff finish
The American Football Coaches Association is proposing the elimination of conference championship games and other changes as part of its non-binding recommendation for the College Football Playoff to be completed by the second Monday each January. The AFCA has no…
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Coaches pitch 4 changes to college football sked
The American Football Coaches Association is recommending changes to the college football calendar that would end the season by the second Monday in January, while also pushing for increased access to the College Football Playoff.
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Coaches group supports earlier CFP finish and proposes changes to accomplish that
The American Football Coaches Association is proposing the elimination of conference championship games and other changes as part of its non-binding recommendation for the College Football Playoff to be completed by the second Monday each January.
College football coaches want expanded CFP, elimination of conference title games
College football coaches want to follow in the path of college basketball and expand the postseason tournament. But they also want to shorten the season, by removing the conference championship games and making other adjustments to condense the overall college football calendar in the process. Here is a statement published by the American Football Coaches Association on the topic following their meetings last week: The American Football Coaches …
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