# UCLA’s Bob Chesney has intriguing take on CFP expansion amid epic run

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/uclas-bob-chesney-has-intriguing-take-on-cfp-expansion-amid-epic-run/
- Published: 2026-11-10T16:27:13+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T16:39:09+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/10/sports/ucla-bob-chesney-cfp-expansion/
- Topics: Entertainment, Football, Sport, TV, World

## Key points

- The CFP has expanded to 24 teams.
- Bob Chesney says expansion creates more opportunities.
- No. 8 UCLA is 9-0 and closing in on a playoff place.

## Summary

The College Football Playoff has adopted a 24-team format, drawing criticism that expansion could weaken the regular season, end the bowl system and create one-sided games. UCLA coach Bob Chesney sees it as giving more teams a chance to compete for a national title, arguing that this could benefit the sport.

Chesney has coached teams in playoffs with 32, 24 and 12 entrants, and says the field size has never changed his approach. His unbeaten UCLA team is 9-0 and ranked eighth in the first CFP standings; wins in two of its final three regular-season games would secure the Bruins’ first playoff appearance. UCLA faces Illinois on Friday, with the next rankings due Tuesday.

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