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In the first-round of the College Football Playoff, teams seeded No. 5 through No. 12 will engage in elimination games. The action kicks off with a Friday night showdown between No. 7 Notre Dame ...
The 12-team College Football Playoff has given us more games and also juggled the bowl schedule. Bowl season began on Dec. 14 and now ends on Jan. 4 for the non-playoff bowls.
The 12 participating teams in the College Football Playoff bracket are the five conference champions ranked highest by the CFP selection committee, and the next seven highest-ranked teams.
The tournament was structured as a single-elimination bracket tournament, with 12 teams playing a total of 11 games. The first round featured the fifth-highest-ranked conference champion (Clemson) and seven at large bids, seeded based on the final CFP rankings, [ 4 ] which were released after conference championship games had been played.
From its formation in 2014 to the end of the 2023 season, the College Football Playoff used a four-team knockout bracket to determine the national champion.Six bowl games—the Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, and Peach Bowl– rotated as hosts for the semifinals. [16]
The new format for the College Football Playoff, a thrilling departure from the norm, saw 12 teams battling it out in a round-by-round elimination to secure a chance at the national title.
The playoff bracket's semifinal games were held at the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day, part of the season's slate of bowl games. The Rose Bowl semifinal, held in Arlington, Texas, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, saw Alabama defeat Notre Dame, 31–14. It was the first Rose Bowl held away from Pasadena, California, since 1942.
The College Football Playoff bracket is SET. After weeks of speculation, the world knows what the first-ever 12-team playoff looks like, but it’s far from a perfect system.