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College Football Playoff will not expand until after the 2026 season

Any hope of an expanded College Football Playoff before the 2026 season is gone.

The playoff board of managers announced Friday that it would not expand beyond four teams until after 2026. The announcement comes after college athletics leaders could not come to any sort of an agreement on the way the playoff should expand in the coming seasons.

"The Board of Managers has accepted a recommendation from the Management Committee to continue the current four-team playoff for the next four years, as called for in the CFP's original 12-year plan.