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How many teams will feature in the League One and League Two play-offs this season?

Find out whether League One and Two will be following the Championship in revamping the format of the play-offs for the 2026/27 campaign.

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Six teams will do battle in the second tier's play-offs at the end of the 2026/27 campaign for the first time.

EFL clubs agreed to make the historic change earlier this year after Preston North End supremo Peter Ridsdale first floated the idea 12 months earlier.

EFL Chief Executive, Trevor Birch, said at the time: "Since their introduction in 1986/87, the Play-Offs have become a highlight of the domestic football calendar, capturing the drama, suspense and jeopardy that make the EFL so special.

"Following several months of discussion with Clubs and other stakeholders, we are confident this change will further strengthen the Championship as a competition and give more Clubs and their supporters a genuine opportunity of achieving promotion."

Amidst the alteration to the Championship's end-of-regular-season showpiece, there have been whispers that League One and League Two could follow suit.

However, that won't be the case -- at least for the time being anyway.

it's understood there would be greater resistance from clubs operating in those leagues to that of the Championship.

One complexity is that the National League has repeated its calls for a three-up/three-down system of promotion.

A move to offer more teams the chance of winning promotion from each of League One and League Two would likely strengthen the National League's desire for that sought after third promotion spot -- something that, at least for now, the EFL don't appear to be willing to entertain.

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