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CFP to Continue Rights Talks With ESPN for 24-Team Playoff

The College Football Playoff is holding ongoing discussions with ESPN regarding media rights for a potential expansion to 24 teams.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 9 Oct 2026 · updated 28d ago

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How the odds moved · USC
0%50%100%18%23 Sept, 19:44 UTCnowwww.espn.com: CFP to continue rights talks with ESPN for possible 24-team playoff · 10 Oct, 15:55 UTCCBS Sports Headlines: College Football Playoff to hand ESPN its asking price for 24-team playoff as exclusive window closes · 9 Oct, 15:05 UTC

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The story so far

2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 9 Oct 2026. CBS Sports Headlines published first, on 9 October at 15:05 UTC; www.espn.com followed 24h 50m later. The most recent article, from www.espn.com, appeared on 10 October at 15:55 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: www.espn.com (major outlet), CBS Sports Headlines.

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  • USC — the market puts it at 18%, with $263 traded in the last 24 hours, closing 29 Dec 2026. The market resolves to Yes if the University of Southern California football team qualifies for the College Football Playoff. It resolves to No if USC does not make the playoff field. Readers often mistake the final regular-season standings or conference championships for the actual qualification criteria.

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  1. CFP to continue rights talks with ESPN for possible 24-team playoff www.espn.com ·
  2. College Football Playoff to hand ESPN its asking price for 24-team playoff as exclusive window closes CBS Sports Headlines

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