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Saturday Sports: NFL regular season action; college football playoff format expansion

NPR | By Scott Simon
Published November 14, 2026 at 6:40 AM CST

NPR's Scott Simon and sports writer Howard Bryant discuss the NFL regular season's halfway point and the expansion of college football's playoff format.

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Scott Simon is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First.
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