College Football Playoff will double in size to 24 teams starting next year

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According to the Guardian, college football leaders announced that the playoff will double to 24 teams starting next year, ending three decades of conference title games. The move follows a deal with ESPN to add 11 new games, worth an additional $1.7bn on top of the existing $7.8bn contract. Under the new format, five teams will qualify automatically—the champions of the Power Four leagues and the top-ranked team from the Group of Six—with 19 others selected by a panel. The top eight seeds will receive first-round byes, with the playoffs beginning on the second weekend of December.