The playoff will have 24 teams next season. As a result, the power four conferences will not have their conference championship games.

edit: Here’s a blog post from earlier this year (not by me) that summarizes how I’ve been feeling about college football lately, and that’s just all the more true with today’s announcement: https://stholeary.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-reasons-why-i-love-college-football.html