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CFP director says moving quarterfinals to campus sites could be under discussion

Sydney Hunte

By Sydney Hunte

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College Football Playoff executive director Rich Clark on Saturday stated that organizers could explore the possibility of moving quarterfinal games from neutral bowl sites to campus sites.

With the 2024-25 College Football Playoff marking the first year of the expanded 12-team field, all four first-round games were played on campus. The new contract saw the original New Year’s Six bowls serving as quarterfinals and semifinals, with quarterfinal/semifinal rights rotating on an annual basis. That said, the CFP’s contract with those bowls ends after the following season.

If quarterfinals had been on campus sites this season, Boise State, Arizona State, Oregon, and Georgia would all have hosted.

This comes amid discussion around how seeding works in the 12-team playoff. While the top 4 conference champions get a bye, they are automatically seeded 1-4, regardless of where they finished in the final Playoff top 25.

These certainly aren’t the only changes under discussion around the Playoff: an expansion to 14 teams could be on the table in the future, with perhaps further expansion to follow.

In other words, fans shouldn’t get used to how the Playoff looks today because there’s a good chance it could look a little different 5 years from now (or even less).

Sydney Hunte

Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.

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