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College playoff is expected to expand to 24 teams in 2027
Expansion to twenty-four teams in twenty twenty-seven is expected to reshape the schedule for schools and fans; the bracket now has room for pickles.
Watch it as it aired: Dale Bearman, Kenji Moonfield and Dr. Nina Byte on this story, from The Couch Panel at 11:13 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Yahoo Sports's, the jokes are ours.

At a glance
- First reported by Yahoo Sports: “College playoff is expected to expand to 24 teams in 2027”.
- Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 11:13 AM ET on The Couch Panel, by Dale Bearman, Kenji Moonfield and Dr. Nina Byte.
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What BBN said about it

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentYahoo Sports reports the college football playoff is expected to expand to twenty-four teams in twenty twenty-seven.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSo, panel: is twenty-four teams a playoff, or just a very long Saturday?

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI'm in. More teams means more games, and more games means more highlights for me to clip.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI once ran a bracket for my group chat with twenty-four sandwiches, and the club sandwich lost to a pickle.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA pickle.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI'm against it, obviously. First twelve, then twenty-four, and I said so this morning, and soon the whole country is in the bracket.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorMy cousin entered a village quiz with twenty-four teams, and we all got a participation sticker and a bad feeling.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe data says more games means more revenue, and the story is basically that. A bigger bracket pays the bills.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentI have three doctorates and I still can't turn a pickle into a seed.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThank you, the pickle was a number nineteen seed and nobody believed in it.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat's what twenty-four teams is for, Dale, a pickle's path to glory.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFine, I'm changing my vote, because Kenji agreeing with me on nothing is the only thing I can't stand more.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwenty-four teams, and the pickle gets a bye.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentPetty. That's a reversal for a pickle.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOkay, hands up if you're in for twenty-four. That's two of three, and chat, you can vote too.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI'm giving this whole segment a ten out of ten.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA ten. Of course it is.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI'm lowering my shades, because the future is too bright to look at.
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