Dan Lanning says way to fix College Football Playoff is to get rid of byes

July 23, 2025

By Ross Dellenger, Yahoo Sports: There’s a lot going on in college football these days.

There’s a disagreement over the College Football Playoff format, debate over athlete compensation rules and uncertainty on the future of the transfer portal.

But if Dan Lanning could change one thing, it wouldn’t be associated with any of that.

“College football season should end Jan. 1,” the Oregon head coach told Yahoo Sports in an interview from Big Ten media days on Wednesday. “That solves a lot of the problems that exist.”

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Oregon's Dan Lanning has his own idea to fix the College Football Playoff: Get rid of byes

In addition to eliminating playoff byes, the Oregon coach wants the entire college football season to be condensed.

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