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.

There are still plenty of things to discuss regarding what the CFP will look like in 2026 and beyond -- and good lord, don't even get me started on how much I don't like where we're probably headed in that regard --…