How ASU, one of last season's CFP Cinderellas, is preparing for its encore

August 4, 2025

By Chip Patterson, CBS Sports: When the College Football Playoff expanded to 12 teams, the key words generating the most excitement heading into the 2024 season were “opportunity” and “access.” By allowing for five conference champions and seven at-large selections to compete for the national championship, the CFP opened doors to programs that had been left out of a four-team format that regularly featured the same familiar names.

But when the field was announced in December 2024 and the first-ever 12-team bracket was set, the collection of teams that were the first to seize this opportunity of increased access included some of the programs that were expected to be in the mix as well as a few wild cards no one saw coming.

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