The College Football Playoff is officially expanding to a twenty-four team format for the twenty twenty-seven season. According to a local news report, this change comes after the unanimous adoption of the format by the CFP Management Committee.
Keith Gill told a local news report, "The adoption of the 24-team College Football Playoff represents a historic day for college football, providing greater access to the sport’s premier postseason destination and affording more deserving teams the opportunity to compete for a CFP National Championship."
The Sun Belt currently holds a zero point five four eight bowl winning percentage in the CFP era. Furthermore, the conference has spent four straight years leading non-autonomy conferences in bowl representation, and achieved its first ever berth into the CFP in the twenty twenty-five campaign.
Keith Gill also told a local news report, "Since 2019, the Sun Belt has had six Sun Belt champion teams listed among the Top 24 of the CFP Selection Day Rankings—No. 20 App State in 2019, No. 12 Coastal Carolina in 2020, No. 19 Louisiana in 2020, No. 23 Louisiana in 2021, No. 24 Troy in 2022 and No. 24 James Madison in 2025—positioning that would have earned them a CFP berth under this new model."
