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Dan Lanning on Playoff Expansion | Oregon Ducks Football News
Oregon’s Dan Lanning says expanding the College Football Playoff makes sense, even as he champions the current 12-team format. With Oregon making the playoff twice in three years—including a No. 1 ranking in 2024—he’s seen firsthand how the evolving system rewards teams that punch their ticket, regardless of regular-season ranking. From the BCS’s two-team showdown to today’s 12-team race (where an eighth-ranked Ohio State beat top-seeded Oregon), college football’s landscape is shifting fast. As conferences realign and the playoff grows, Lanning’s balanced perspective—“great with twelve,” but…
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