College Football · Awful Announcing

Army-Navy game moves up a week to accommodate expanded CFP

Published by Awful Announcing on November 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET

One second-order effect of the College Football Playoff expanding to 24 teams is the annual Army-Navy game, which has traditionally been held on the second weekend of December, following conference championship weekend. With ESPN and the CFP officially announcing the expansion to 24 teams on Monday, the Army-Navy game also officially got its new date.…

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