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How will CFP expansion impact regular season?

Nicole Auerbach and Joshua Perry react to Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti’s recent comments on College Football Playoff expansion and discuss how it potentially could impact how teams approach the regular season.

CFP expansion may not be beneficial for NCAA

May 21, 2026 03:32 PM

Nicole Auerbach and Joshua Perry discuss expansion talk coming from the Big Ten spring meetings and why college football's unique landscape may not be a good fit for an larger postseason field.

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Matt Campbell is taking a patient approach with his rebuilt Penn State staff and roster

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Ex-Michigan coach Sherrone Moore gets probation for misdemeanors that followed his firing

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Ex-Michigan coach Sherrone Moore faces sentencing for misdemeanors that followed his firing

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Smith says he could have gotten $10M in portal

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2025 College Football schedule on NBC Sports, Peacock

Matchup	Result
Week 1: Western Illinois at Illinois	Illinois 52, Western Illinois 3 (Highlights)
Week 1: New Mexico at Michigan	Michigan 34, New Mexico 17 (Highlights)
Week 2: Miami (OH) at Rutgers	Rutgers 45, Miami (OH) 17 (Highlights)
Week 2: Boston College at Michigan State	Michigan State 42, Boston College 40 (2OT) (Highlights)
Week 3: Towson at Maryland	Maryland 44, Towson 17 (Highlights)
Week 3: Ohio at Ohio State	Ohio State 37, Ohio 9 (Highlights)
Week 3: Texas A&M at Notre Dame	Texas A&M 41, Notre Dame 40 (Highlights)
Week 4: Maryland at Wisconsin	Maryland 27, Wisconsin 10 (Highlights)
Week 4: Purdue at Notre Dame	Notre Dame 56, Purdue 30 (Highlights)
Week 4: Illinois at Indiana	Indiana 63, Illinois 10 (Highlights)
Week 5: Indiana at Iowa	Indiana 20, Iowa 15 (Highlights)
Week 5: Oregon at Penn State	Oregon 30, Penn State 24 (2OT) (Highlights)
Week 6: Boise State at Notre Dame	Notre Dame 28, Boise State 7 (Highlights)
Week 6: Minnesota at Ohio State	Ohio State 42, Minnesota 3 (Highlights)
Week 7: NC State at Notre Dame	Notre Dame 36, NC State 7 (Highlights)
Week 7: Michigan at USC	USC 31, Michigan 13 (Highlights)
Week 8: Michigan State at Indiana	Indiana 38, Michigan State 13 (Highlights)
Week 8: Penn State at Iowa	Iowa 25, Penn State 24 (Highlights)
Week 8: USC at Notre Dame	Notre Dame 34, USC 24 (Highlights)
Week 9: Michigan at Michigan State	Michigan 31, Michigan State 20 (Highlights)
Week 10: Rutgers at Illinois	Illinois 35, Rutgers 13 (Highlights)
Week 10: USC at Nebraska	USC 21, Nebraska 17 (Highlights)
Week 11: Navy at Notre Dame	Notre Dame 49, Navy 10 (Highlights)
Week 12: UCLA at Ohio State	Ohio State 48, UCLA 10 (Highlights)
Week 13: Syracuse at Notre Dame	Notre Dame 70, Syracuse 7 (Highlights)
Week 13: Nebraska at Penn State	Penn State 37, Nebraska 10 (Highlights)
Week 13: Washington at UCLA	Washington 48, UCLA 14 (Highlights)
Week 14: Indiana at Purdue	Indiana 56, Purdue 3 (Highlights)
Week 14: UCLA at USC	USC 29, UCLA 10 (Highlights)

*Remaining Big Ten games to be announced during the season

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Dalen Powell pledges to the 2027 Navy All-American Bowl

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Four-star Ace Alston commits to the 2027 Navy All-American Bowl

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Jake Hildebrand Pledges to the 2027 Navy All-American Bowl

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Four-Star Mekai Brown Accepts Navy All-American Bowl Invitation

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Phoenix Evans Commits to 2027 Navy All-American Bowl

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As CFP barrels toward 24 teams, the questions remain: Who’s paying for this, and how much?

As momentum builds behind the Big Ten’s idea of doubling the College Football Playoff to 24 teams, one critical question remains: Who wants to televise it?

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Big Ten commissioner says a 24-team playoff would make regular season more meaningful, not less

Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti painted his conference’s 24-team College Football Playoff proposal as a way of making the regular season more meaningful — not less — and said he’s surprised he keeps having to explain that to a stout group of critics who favor a smaller expansion.

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NCAA Football: Missouri State at Southern California

As Big Ten pushes toward 24-team playoff, SEC commissioner thinks some in his league favor that, too

In what might come as a mild surprise, the Southeastern Conference, considered the major roadblock to such a big expansion, might be willing to go along with that plan.

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Iowa State’s RB depth takes another hit with Salahadin Allah out for season with Achilles tear

The loss is a major blow for an offense that lost 96% of its rushing production to the transfer portal or exhausted eligibility.

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Big Ten on a roll at spring meetings, trying to solve playoff stalemate and other college problems

Leaders in the conference currently holding the football, men’s and women’s basketball titles opened their annual spring meeting Monday with nothing more than the future of their business on the agenda.

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