Can a 24-team college football playoff with a reasonable calendar exist? Here's the solution

About this episode

Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises discuss the feasibility of a 24-team college football playoff and the proposed changes to the postseason calendar.

The American Football Coaches Association backed three ideas for a college football playoff recently: A 24-team field, Eliminating conference championship games, Finishing the postseason by the second weekend in January. Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises got to work on this episode.

People in this episode

Hosts: Bill Landis, Doug Lesmerises

Topics covered

• college football playoff
• 24-team playoff
• postseason calendar
• conference championship games
• American Football Coaches Association

Keywords

• college football
• playoff format
• postseason
• conference championships
• AFCA

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Football Coaches Association

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