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Learn how the new bracket-style tournament will work, when the games will be played and who will make the playoff. See the latest rankings, predictions and history of the College Football Playoff.

The first round of the College Football Playoff will take place across Friday, Dec. 20 and Saturday, Dec. 21 on the campuses of the higher-ranked at-large teams, i.e., seeds No. 5-8.

What was once a competition of four is now a mini-tournament of the 12 best teams in the country, fighting for the ultimate prize. These are the teams of the College Football Playoff.

The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff begins with the First Round on Friday, December 20. / Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images.

Because of this, the seeding, 1 through 12, could look different than the final rankings. The eight teams seeded No. 5-12 will play in a first round with the higher seeds hosting the lower seeds either on campus or at other sites designated by the higher-seeded institution (No. 12 at No. 5, No. 11 at No. 6, No. 10 at No. 7 and No. 9 at No. 8.).

The College Football Playoff announced post-first-round dates, times and TV selections for the 2025-26 season, the second under the new 12-team format. After flirting with the CFP last year, the ...

In its first year in the league, ... Led by Ashton Jeanty, Boise State became the first team to secure a berth in the 12-team College Football Playoff bracket Friday night. The Broncos jumped out to a 21-0 halftime lead before coming away with the 21-7 victory over UNLV in the Mountain West Championship to become one of the five highest-ranked ...

Year Games 2014 Sugar Bowl: No. 4 Ohio State 42, No. 1 Alabama 35 Rose Bowl: No. 2 Oregon 59, No. 3 Florida State 20 Championship: No. 4 Ohio State 42, No. 2 Oregon 20 2015 Orange Bowl: No. 1 ...

Here's a breakdown of how the new 12-team College Football Playoff will work — starting in 2024-25 — according to CFP officials. ... New Year's Six bowl games will be introduced in the ...

First, a quick refresher on the selection rules for the 2024 College Football Playoff, since this is the first year it's a 12-team bracket. The rules for the new bracket state that the five ...

The College Football Playoff will triple in size in 2024. With the CFP field jumping from four teams to 12. Here's a quick guide to how it all works.

College football entered a new era Sunday with the unveiling of the first 12-team Playoff bracket.The 12 participants are, in order of seeding: Oregon, Georgia, Boise State, Arizona State, Texas ...

The College Football Playoff field was expanded from four teams to 12 before the start of the 2024 season. The success of the playoff format, which started in 2024, allowed for the expansion.

The inaugural first-round games of a 12-team College Football Playoff will feature one game Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, and three games Dec. 21, 2024, CFP executive director Bill Hancock said Thursday

For example, last year's final CFP rankings saw Oklahoma finish No. 12; but because a Group of Five team didn't rank ahead of the Sooners, they would have been excluded from a 12-team playoff in ...

During Wednesday’s CFP meetings, Clark introduced a new playoff format geared toward striking a compromise between the Big Ten’s multi-AQ model and the existing 12-team format that features ...

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, while teams seeded ...

(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, the national championship game will continue to be at a neutral site.

The 12-team College Football Playoff is 10 months away from kicking off and the format for it has finally been locked in. ... The CFP and ESPN have agreed in principle to a six-year contract that ...