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CFB bowl tie-ins for 2026-27 after CFP uncertainty delays new conference ties

April 19, 2026

By Austen Bundy, Fansided via Yahoo Sports: The college football postseason is in a holding pattern – at least through the 2026-27 campaign.

On Friday, Coca-Cola Bowl Season – the official, non-playoff organizer for the sport’s postseason – announced that all FBS bowl games not part of the College Football Playoff will retain the conference affiliations they had in 2025. The original plan was to have those affiliations expire at the end of last season and transition into new tie-ins based on recent conference realignment. But because the NCAA, conference commissioners and the CFP have not come to an agreement on just what Playoff expansion will look like in 2026, the postseason as a whole has to go through one more year with the old plan in place.

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