The new 12-team College Football Playoff has yet to go into effect, and there is already a format change.
The CFP finally formalizes the obvious switch to a 5 + 7 model for the postseason. Still a lot of issues for monetary distribution and access to hash out for next iteration, but this step is complete. pic.twitter.com/B7eTLsLMwv
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) February 20, 2024
Initially, the College Football 12-Team Playoff would see Six Conference Champions from the Big 10, SEC, Big 12, ACC, and Pac-12, and the highest-ranked Group of Five Champion will get automatic bids to the playoff. Six at-large bids would be based on the College Football Playoff Committee Rankings.
However, with the Pac-12 being no more, well only Washington State and Oregon State remain, the College Football Playoff Committee voted and approved a new format. Instead of 6+6, as outlined above, the format will see 5+7. The five Conference Champions, Big 10, SEC, Big 12, ACC, and the highest-ranked Group of Five will get automatic bids to the playoff. There will be seven at large based on the rankings.
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“This is a very logical adjustment for the College Football Playoff based on the evolution of our conference structures since the board first adopted this new format in September 2022,” CFP Board of Managers chair Mark Keenum said. “I know student-athletes, coaches, and fans will well receive this change. We all will be pleased to see this new format come to life on the field this postseason.”
Under the 12-team playoff format that begins this fall, the four highest-ranked conference champions will be seeded one through four, and each will receive a first-round bye. Teams seeded five through 12 will play each other in the first round on the home field of the higher-ranked team. (The team ranked #5 will host #12; team #6 will meet team #11; team #7 will play team #10; and team #8 will meet #9.)
The quarterfinals and semifinals will be played in the New Year’s Six Bowl games. Finally, the National Championship will continue to be played at a neutral site. No conference will qualify automatically, and there will be no limit on the number of participants from a conference.
The new format takes effect beginning this September 2024. The new 12-team format was approved in the fall of 2022, and last season was the final year of the old four-team playoff.
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