TNR 5/6/26 - Hour 3 | Best Format for CFP Expansion?

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🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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What is the best format if the College Football Playoff expands to 24? The Kentucky Wildcats and head coach Mark Pope make a massive PR mistake. Who is the Kentucky Basketball “idea guy”? College football coaches are pushing for major postseason changes — and they could reshape the sport again. The American Football Coaches Association reportedly wants three big things: no conference championship games, a bigger College Football Playoff, and the season finished by mid-January. Would that fix college football’s postseason… or create even more problems? Patrick Mahomes injury update Toughest and easiest schedules in the NFL PLUS, LT's Trash presented by Bud Light! SUBSCRIBE: @NextRoundLive - / @nextroundlive FOLLOW TNR ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zlofzLZht7dYxjNcBNpWN FOLLOW TNR ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-round/id1797862560 WEBSITE: https://nextroundlive.com/ MOBILE APP: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-next-round/id1580807480 SHOP THE NEXT ROUND STORE: https://nextround.store/ Like TNR on Facebook: / nextroundlive Follow TNR on Twitter: / nextroundlive Follow TNR on Instagram: / nextroundlive Follow everyone from the show on Twitter: Jim Dunaway: / jimdunaway Ryan Brown: / ryanbrownlive Lance Taylor: / thelancetaylor Scott Forester: / scottforestertv Tyler Johns: /TylerJohnsTNR Sponsor the show: sales@nextroundlive.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:33.1	our show with it, is the AFCA, the American Football Coaches Association recommendation to do.
1:39.7	And you notice they didn't put a number on it. They put maximum number of playoff participants.
1:45.3	Whatever keeps us employed. Yeah. So that's, that's an interesting thing. Which model do you like best?
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