IRVING, Texas – College Football Playoff (CFP) Executive Director Bill Hancock announced today that he will step down when his contract expires February 1, 2025. “My time at the CFP has been a dream come true,” said Hancock, 72, who will be entering his 19th season working in post-season football this fall. “I cherish what I […]
The College Football Playoff management committee met in Dallas on Wednesday to discuss the possible expansion of the playoff, but the committee was not able to agree on whether to expand the current four-team format to 12 teams. “As the committee moves forward, there remains issues to be discussed,” CFP executive director Bill Hancock said […]
As the College Football Playoff moves to the next phase of expanding the field from four participants to 12, executive director Bill Hancock says the management committee did not discuss when the 12-team proposal could be implemented, as they finished up a two-day discussion Friday in Chicago. The current contract of the CFP runs through […]
College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock says the management committee reviewed the proposal from the working group of a 12-team playoff and the process will continue to move forward. The CFP management committee spent the last 24 hours in Chicago thoroughly examining the recommendation from the working group. “We said this is the beginning,” […]
News of expanding the College Football Playoff took a serious turn on Thursday. New Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff confirmed, via Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports, that playoff expansion in college football could be in place “as early as a June announcement.” Dodd wrote about the possibility of an announcement on expansion coming soon to the […]
Bill Hancock, the executive director of the College Football Playoff, says the CFP’s management committee continues to support and believe in its four-team playoff. However, during its two-day work session this past week, the committee also reviewed 63 possibilities for future change. These included six, eight, 10, 12 and 16-team playoff options, each with a […]