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College Football Playoff moving to its third different system in the span of three years

The College Football Playoff announced on Thursday that it will adopt a more straightforward bracket system next season, placing teams strictly by their rankings without reseeding to reward conference champions.
This change follows complaints about last season's inaugural 12-team playoff where some lower-ranked conference champions received byes despite their rankings, prompting a unanimous agreement by ten conference commissioners and Notre Dame's athletic director.
Last season’s format separated rankings from tournament seedings, leading to early matchups such as Oregon versus eventual champion Ohio State and seeding anomalies like ninth-ranked Arizona State and twelfth-ranked Boise State receiving byes.
Rich Clark, CFP executive director, said the Management Committee concluded after evaluating year one of the 12-team playoff that this adjustment serves the game’s best interest, with ESPN holding a $7.8 billion six-year broadcast deal for the expanded format.
College football will implement its third distinct playoff format in as many years, with upcoming negotiations after the current season potentially exploring an expansion to 14 teams and increasing guaranteed bids for certain conferences, where the SEC and Big Ten are expected to play major roles.

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College Football Playoff moving to its third different system in the span of three years

The new format was widely expected after last season’s jumbled bracket gave byes to Arizona State and Boise State, ranked ninth and 12th by the committee.

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