# What a 24-team College Football Playoff would look like this week: LSU would visit Texas Tech, and Ohio State would go to Wake Forest > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/509646 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 6 outlets covering · First listed: Yahoo Sports, Nov 10, 2026, 9:32 PM · Read it: The top eight teams get byes in the first round of the expanded playoff next season. ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - Nov 10, 2026, 9:32 PM: [What a 24-team College Football Playoff would look like this week: LSU would visit Texas Tech, and Ohio State would go to Wake Forest]() — Yahoo Sports (Sports, United States) The top eight teams get byes in the first round of the expanded playoff next season. - Nov 11, 2026, 6:46 AM: [What would a 24-team College Football Playoff bracket look like after Tuesday’s rankings?]() — The Athletic (Sports, United States) Looking for late-season stakes? There are 34 power-conference teams with three losses or fewer who would be squarely in the hunt next year. - Nov 11, 2026, 8:06 AM: [Oregon’s Path to College Football Playoff After Victory at Ohio State]() — Sports Illustrated (Sports, United States) The Oregon Ducks can't lose any of their three remaining regular-season contests, but many other scenarios have to happen if they wish to return to the College Football Playoff for the third straight season. - Nov 11, 2026, 8:21 AM: [College Football Playoff format for 24-team field: How rankings would look in 2026]() — CBS Sports (Sports, United States) Under the new playoff format, which debuts in 2027, eight teams receive first-round byes, with campus sites hosting the first two rounds - Nov 11, 2026, 10:36 AM: [College football picks: No. 8 Texas, No. 10 Texas Tech will go down this weekend]() — AP (Wire service, United States) - Nov 11, 2026, 3:26 PM: [Inside The Investments Powering Wake Forest Toward The College Football Playoff]() — Fox Sports (Sports, United States) Wake Forest was left for dead in the NIL and revenue sharing era. But its big-time boosters and head coach Jake Dickert have the Demon Deacons in the CFP mix.