Shrink the College Football Playoff, and change the number of teams each year

Published December 9, 2025 5:07pm ET



The point of the College Football Playoff should be to determine which college football team is the best in the nation.

To some ears, this might sound obvious. To some, it might sound reductive. But if we embrace this premise, then here is a conclusion that follows:

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