Is a 24-Team College Football Playoff inevitable now?

The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

Fox Sports

Sports, Football

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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With momentum building within the sport for the 24-team Playoff, Fox Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt breaks down why things have shifted toward the expanded format. Klatt explains what changes drove the ACC, Big 12 & Notre Dame to join the Big Ten in support of the 24-team model and who is motivated to expand the field beyond the current 12-team setup. He also lays out what dominoes are left to fall if this seismic shift in the sport is to be finalized and why there may be signs that the SEC’s strong opposition to the change may be starting to shift.Use my code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/KLATT10 Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount Chapters:Intro: 00:0024-Team Playoff Model: 1:04Who Wants 24-Team Playoff: 5:47NIL & Transfer Rules Affect: 10:27Bowl Games Gone?: 11:37Is it Inevitable?: 29:22 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.2	I just want to give you information. Who's actually arguing for this and why? It's no different than
0:32.4	inflation. We just have inflation in college football. All of this lies with an agreement between the Big Ten and the SEC.
0:39.9	Because those two entities actually control the future of the CFP.
0:51.1	Hey, welcome into the program.
0:52.8	This is the Joel Clatt show.
0:53.7	This show is brought to you by Graduate by Hilton. We thank them for their support as always. Welcome in to another episode here in the offseason. We are thrilled that you are with us. I want to get into some current events here because there's been a lot of news in college football over the last week or so. And I'm sure you're like me, you're kind of wondering,
1:12.4	shoot, what in the world has changed? Because it seems like a lot has changed. And in particular,
1:17.0	with sentiments with the college football world or people within college football, around the
1:21.6	college football playoff and the model and the expansion and the number of teams that would
1:25.9	potentially get into the college football
1:27.6	playoffs. So if you have been buried under a rock and you're a college football fan, you might
1:32.8	not know this, but most of the conferences, in fact, all the conferences that were against
1:37.6	moving to a 16 or 24 team model in previous years have now come out and been in favor of expanding, in particular to this
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