After just one round of the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff officials are already reportedly exploring a major change to the format going forward, and it’s one that fans probably should have seen coming. Brett McMurphy of the Action Network reports that CFP organizers could do away with the guaranteed first-round bye for conference champions in 2025.
“There will be ‘in-depth discussions’ about not guaranteeing conference champs the top 4 @CFBPlayoff seeds in 2025,” McMurphy tweeted. “Top 5 conference champs still would get in playoff but rankings would determine seeds, sources said. This would require unanimous approval by all stake holders to change in 2025 but conference commissioners ‘open to getting (the seeding) right,’ source said.
Seeding became a major point of contention in this year’s College Football Playoff once the official bracket was released. The automatic bye rule meant that Boise State received the No. 3 seed and Arizona State the No. 4. However, the Broncos found themselves ranked No. 9 in the final CFP rankings, while the Sun Devils were even further down at No. 12
This created a scenario where sixth-seeded Penn State (ranked No. 4) is an 11.5-point favorite over the Broncos in the Fiesta Bowl. Similarly, fifth-seeded Texas (No. 3) is a 13-point favorite over Arizona State in the Peach Bowl. Meanwhile, top-ranked and top-seeded Oregon is a 2.5-point underdog against Ohio State in the Rose Bowl.
There will be “in-depth discussions” about not guaranteeing conference champs top 4 @CFBPlayoff seeds in 2025, sources said. Top 5 conference champs still get in but rankings determine seeds. How this year’s playoff would have looked in that format
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— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) December 30, 2024
Under the newly proposed format, Oregon, Georgia, Texas and Penn State would have received opening-round byes. The fifth seed would have gone to Notre Dame, six to Ohio State, seven Tennessee and eight Indiana. The Hoosiers would have hosted Boise State in round one and Notre Dame would have hosted the Sun Devils.
The proposed changes are different than those presented by the SEC and Big Ten earlier this year. That change would have seen more guaranteed spots for those conferences. And while that may sound ridiculous, the new proposal makes far more sense. However, it does require unanimous approval, and something tells us the other conferences may not be so keen on the change.
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12-Team College Football Playoff Already Exploring Major Change According To Reporting
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