Better late than never. More than a year after we first began hearing rumors of an expanded, 12-team College Football Playoff, it appears to be a reality. The CFP's board of managers unanimously approved the measure on Friday; it will begin in 2026 at the latest but could start as early as 2024. (The way these things tend to work, that means it will likely start in 2024.)
In a nutshell, this is enormous, a much bigger change than the creation of the CFP in the first place. While there are always unintended consequences -- and while those consequences usually favor the sport's most powerful programs and conferences -- this is, in a vacuum, the biggest lurch toward inclusion ever seen in the top subdivision of college football.