Little Rock Pine Bluff, AR, October 22, 2026 —

KATV in Little Rock, Arkansas, is examining a newly proposed 24-team College Football Playoff, focusing on concerns about the size of the field and the speed of the NCAA’s adoption of the proposal.

Under the format described, five automatic bids would go to Power Four conference champions, with another automatic place reserved for the highest-ranked Group of Six champion. The remaining 19 spots would be at-large bids.

The proposal would also eliminate conference championship games, placing greater emphasis on teams’ regular-season performance. The summary does not specify how the at-large teams would be selected or how rankings would be determined, so those details are not available here.

The expansion to 24 teams and the pace of adoption are identified as subjects of concern in KATV’s analysis. However, the summary does not identify who raised those concerns, explain the reasons behind them, or provide statements from NCAA officials, conferences, teams, or other stakeholders. It also does not give a date for the proposal, describe its approval status beyond calling it newly proposed, or state when a decision or implementation might occur.

The proposal would make the regular season the basis for conference champions’ qualification while removing the conference title games described in the summary. At the same time, the large at-large component would account for most of the field: 19 of the 24 places. The summary does not provide further information about how those two features would operate together.

For now, the available details establish the proposed field size and allocation of bids, along with the planned removal of conference championship games. Questions about selection procedures, the proposal’s timeline, and the concerns raised in the analysis remain unanswered in the information provided.


Story summarized from the original created by Rowdy Baribeau | Ethan Conn on katv.com, see more information here.

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