Report: College Football Playoff Moving to Straight Seeding, Expansion Plan in Place

2024 College Football Playoff seeds (new model)

1. Oregon Ducks (Big Ten champion)
2. Georgia Bulldogs (SEC champion)
3. Texas Longhorns
4. Penn State Nittany Lions
5. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
6. Ohio State Buckeyes
7. Tennessee Volunteers
8. Indiana Hoosiers
9. Boise State Broncos (Mountain West champion)
10. SMU Mustangs
11. Arizona State Sun Devils (Big 12 champion)
12. Clemson Tigers (ACC champion)

College Football Playoff Moving to 14 or 16 Teams

McMurphy also reports that the College Football Playoff will likely switch from a 12-team format to a 14- or 16-team field in 2026. That would mean the 12-team model would have been used for only two seasons before further expansion.

This news shouldn't come as a major surprise, as both the Big Ten and SEC have been pounding the table to expand the field. The two leagues are pushing to receive four automatic bids each into the expanded field. The ACC and Big 12 would both receive two automatic bids, and the Group of Five would get one bid. There will be one or three at-large bids, depending on whether it's a 14- or 16-team field.

Although we have only had the 12-team College Football Playoff format for one season, changes are already coming. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out in the coming months.

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