Report: ESPN expected to pay additional $345 million per year for 24-team College Football Playoff

Yahoo Sports·October 16, 2026 at 10:28 PM+1

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Under the 24-team College Football Playoff, ESPN is expected to pay an additional $345 million per year for the next five years, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported. That’s in addition to the $1.3 billion per year the network is already paying. Conference championship games are expected to go by the wayside under the expanded CFP, as […]

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