Four teams? Eight teams? Sixty-eight teams? College football playoff expansion is the question that has a number of possibilities but no simple solution all at the same time. Every college football fan seems to have an opinion on the ideal solution, but does such a solution even exist? Let’s try to figure this out.
To adequately discuss a new format for the current playoff system, let’s take a quick look at the current format. Simply put, the four “best” teams in the country play in a mini-bracket, where the semifinals are considered bowl games and the winners move on to play in the championship.