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College Football Playoff Expanding To 24 Teams

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Status

Reported, not yet confirmed

Independent sources

2

First seen

Oct 15, 1:07 PM CDT

updated Oct 15, 4:43 PM CDT

Topic

Local News

Reported by WDZQ and WYDS, not yet confirmed.

What Happened

The College Football Playoff is expanding to 24 teams, WDZQ reported. WYDS examined what a 24-team bracket would look like.

Written by our system from the sources below (2), version 1, Oct 15, 5:32 PM CDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.

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How It Unfolded

Oct 15, 4:14 PM CDT · first source seenOct 15, 5:32 PM CDT · published

Official Confirmation

No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.

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Macon County and its neighbours, as they are right now. The event is placed on the county; it is not drawn as a point.

How We Decided

Oct 15, 4:19 PM CDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 15, 5:32 PM CDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.