College Football Enquirer

ACC & Jim Phillips in favor of 24-team playoff + 2026 kickoff times released

May 14, 2026·1h 3m
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The ACC spring meetings have wrapped up and Commissioner Jim Phillips shared his and the ACC's support of a 24-team playoff. Andy Staples and Steven Godfrey discuss his reasoning behind wanting such a drastic expansion and how much impact this stance has on playoff expansion moving forward. The guys also share their thoughts on if they think the playoff should expand and what impact expansion would have. Andy and Godfrey also discuss Commissioner Phillips' idea of a universal tiebreaker system across all conferences. Then, Andy and Godfrey look to the upcoming season. Some kickoff times for various games in the 2026 season were announced this week. The guys discuss what they think of the matchups and which they are most looking forward to. College Gameday's locations have been announced for the first two weeks of the season. Although Week 3 has not been announced, it is widely assumed that Lane Kiffin and LSU's trip to Ole Miss will be the location of Week 3's College Gameday. Andy and Godfrey talk about what may happen in Oxford that weekend. They also look at what has been released for Thanksgiving weekend's slate of games.  Later, neutral site games are the topic of choice. Florida State and Georgia have announced they will play a neutral site game in 2028 after they previously cancelled their home-and-home series. Andy and Godfrey talk about what they think of the switch to a neutral site game and they share their thoughts on neutral site games in general.  All of this and more on today's College Football Enquirer. 0:00:00 - Commissioner Jim Phillips & ACC support 24-team playoff 12:26 - SEC remains lone conference to not support 24 teams 21:47 - Commissioner Phillips' universal tiebreaker 29:12 - Kickoff times released 29:59 - LSU at Ole Miss 32:12 - Clemson at LSU 32:21 - Ohio State at Texas 32:42 - Oklahoma at Michigan 33:33 - Colorado at Georgia Tech 33:44 - Miami at Stanford 34:51 - Baylor vs. Auburn 36:14 - Louisville at Ole Miss 36:29 - SMU at Florida State 41:56 - Florida at Florida State 42:18 - Texas at Texas A&M 42:39 - Ole Miss at Mississippi State 43:50 - Michigan at Ohio State 44:08 - TCU vs. North Carolina 44:13 - Virginia vs. NC State 44:26 - Other notable games 45:56 - Florida State vs. Georgia neutral site game announcement 53:13 - Thoughts on neutral site games Subscribe to the College Football Enquirer on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tv

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