Story byCraig Meyer, USA TODAY NETWORKSun, January 18, 2026 at 8:44 PM UTC·2 min readThe Army-Navy Game is a staple of the college football calendar, a standalone event at the end of the regular season in which two of the sport’s biggest rivals face off against one another in a nationally televised matchup. If one particularly powerful person has their way, it will remain that way. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIn a post on Truth Social, a social media app he owns, President Donald Trump said that he plans to sign an executive order that would grant the Army-Navy Game an exclusive four-hour television window that would prevent any other “commercial postseason games” to be played alongside it. REQUIRED READING: Indiana vs Miami: Who has edge in CFP national championship game?Trump’s post came as proposals for an expanded College Football Playoff field have been discussed, some of which would infringe on what has become the Army-Navy game's customary date on the second Saturday of December. One such plan for a 24-team playoff would push Army vs. Navy up one week, to the first Saturday in December (which for years has been conference championship weekend).“The Army-Navy Game is one of our Greatest American Traditions — Unmatched Patriotism, Courage, and Honor!” Trump wrote on Saturday, Jan.
