UNDATED (AP) – The College Football Playoff says it will expand to a 12-team event starting in 2024. The announcement came after the Rose Bowl agreed to change his contract for the 2024 and 2025 seasons. That was the final hurdle CFP officials had to clear in expanding the four-team format. The expansion is expected to generate approximately $450 million in additional gross revenue for participating conferences and schools. The playoff expansion plan was publicly unveiled in June 2021 and took 18 months of haggling and delays to finally complete.
UNDATED (AP) – The College Football Playoffs will feature 12 teams beginning in the 2024 season. An expansion plan that took two years to draft and another 18 months to haggle finally removed all the obstacles needed to move from idea to reality. The CFP announced Thursday that the current four-team system would be tripled in size. There are still a few more details to be worked out, like the exact dates of some games, but college football is two years away from another dramatic change in its postseason. This is how it will work.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Diamond Johnson and Saniya Rivers each scored 22 points to help No. 12 State North Carolina overcome a 45-point performance by Caitlin Clark and No. 10 Iowa with 94 -81 in an ACC/Big Ten Challenge game Thursday night. Clark, who came into the game second in the nation with 26.7 points per game, scored the game’s first nine points for the Hawkeyes and had the first 11 points of the fourth quarter as Iowa tried to recover from a 13- points behind. The preseason All-American was 16 of 28 from the field, 5 of 13 in 3-pointers. She finished one point short of her career high.
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Cade McNamara says he’s moving to Iowa after serving as a backup quarterback for Michigan this season. McNamara announced his decision on Twitter. He is expected to go into next season as the front-runner for the starting job and will be eligible to play for two seasons. McNamara started in every game for the Wolverines in 2021 but lost the job to JJ McCarthy after the opener. McNamara appeared in the second and third games and did not play again. Spencer Petras is struggling as a starter in Iowa and is eligible for a year with the COVID-19 waiver. Alex Padilla has secured Petras and is in the transfer portal.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Michigan No. 2 returns to Indianapolis for the second straight season. Yes, the Wolverines are here to win a second straight Big Ten title. And yes, they’re poised for a second straight playoff bid. But these undefeated Wolverines have even bigger ambitions – provided they can beat Purdue in Saturday’s conference championship game. Michigan is poised to secure a top-two spot in the playoffs and possibly chase its first national championship since 1997.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Leigha Brown scored 26 points, Emily Kiser added 20 and No. 17 Michigan beat Miami 76-64 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The Wolverines didn’t go into double digits until Brown’s basket two minutes into the fourth quarter and didn’t finally get him there until Kiser hit a jumper, Laila Phelia followed with a layup and Maddie Nolan dumped a 3-pointer. Michigan won its fourth straight game in Florida after capturing the Gulf Coast Showcase in Estero last weekend. Any hope Miami had of a late comeback was dashed by Michigan’s efficiency in the fourth quarter — 6 of 9 shots and 10 of 10 from the foul line. Haley Cavinder scored 17 points for the Hurricanes
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Diamond Miller scored 31 points, including the game-winner on the buzzer, to lead No. 20 Maryland to a 74-72 win over seventh-ranked Notre Dame Thursday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Ireland guard Sonia Cintron’s layup had leveled the game with 15 seconds left before Maryland saved the final shot. Miller hit a contested mid-range jumper just before time was up to give the Terrapins a win over a top 10 opponent. It was the 15th lead change of the game. Miller also grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds, along with five assists. Shyanne Sellers added 17 points. Maryland (7-2) celebrated its first victory over Notre Dame (6-1) since 2007.
BLOOMINGTON, Indiana (AP) — Mackenzie Holmes scored 25 points, Sydney Parrish added 24 and No. 5 Indiana hit 12 3-points to defeat No. 6 North Carolina 87-63 in Thursday night’s ACC/Big Ten Challenge . The Battle of the Undefeated had drastically different shooting nights. The Hoosiers got hot to improve to 8-0 and the Tar Heels didn’t drop to 6-1. The Hoosiers hit eight 3s to build a 16-point lead at halftime. Parrish, a junior transfer starting for injured senior guard Grace Berger, hit four 3s, as did senior guard Sara Scalia. Tar Heels junior guard Kennedy Todd Williams had 20 points. Junior guard Deja Kelly added 11.
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