In a 16-team bracket, one alternative is to eliminate byes and play eight first-round games over that weekend. That approach is highly unlikely to advance.

This fall’s College Football Playoff will include 12 teams but is expected to jump to 16 teams in 2026. What if there was a 16-team playoff this fall? Here is Kevin Sherrington’s projection ...

1A plays a 12-team bracket, where the top four seeds received byes to the quarterfinals. That is the only conference where teams receive byes. The 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A and 6A conferences all play a 16 ...

Ole Miss football head coach Lane Kiffin believes a College Football Playoff that includes the 16 best teams and doesn't award automatic bids would be the "best" postseason system.

The CFP will undergo more changes in 2025, and Joel Klatt shares why he doesn't want the field expanding to 16 teams in 2026.

Under the proposed 16-team bracket, the SEC and Big Ten would each secure four automatic bids, reflecting their dominance in college football. The ACC and Big 12 would each receive two spots ...

Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin made his case for expanding the College Football Playoff to 16 teams at the SEC spring meetings in Florida.

Many of these same people said the 12-team playoff ruined college football. The 16-team version would get rid of first-round byes. It would also come with more automatic bids.

The commissioner said he is neither committed to the 16-team idea, nor to the oft-floated idea of providing up to four automatic bids to both the SEC and Big Ten in whatever format comes next.

Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin made his case for expanding the College Football Playoff to 16 teams at the SEC spring meetings in Florida.

The commissioner said he is neither committed to the 16-team idea, nor to the oft-floated idea of providing up to four automatic bids to both the SEC and Big Ten in whatever format comes next.

Of the 24 teams seeded in the championship bracket, the top eight receive byes to the Round of 16 (with two notable exceptions explained below).