The College Football Playoff will officially expand to 12 teams starting in 2024.
The Rose Bowl had been the one big massive holdout preventing expansion. Per Yahoo, the Rose Bowl was steadfast in wanting to maintain its traditional January 1 date and also insisted on being a playoff semifinal game two out of three years instead of the proposed “host two quarterfinal games for every one semifinal” format.
Once the playoff committee reportedly threatened to kick the Rose Bowl out of the New Year’s Six rotation, that finally made the Rose Bowl yield.
So a 12-team college football field will be coming to a city near you just in time for the 2024 season.