ESPN.com · May 22, 2025
College Football Playoff seeding changes: How 2024 would have played out
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After months of meeting to discuss things to discuss at future meetings, the people in charge of the College Football Playoff actually made a decision on Thursday, and it was one we've assumed they'd make for a while. After last year's 12-team CFP gave byes to the four most highly-ranked conference champions, this year's will not.
Conference commissioners voted to go to a straight seeding format (with five spots still reserved for conference champions) in 2025.
