The College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams this season. Learn how it will play out, from the first round through the national championship game on Jan. 20, 2025. Note: Seeding is based on the CFP top 25.

Texas joined Oregon, Miami and BYU as teams receiving first-round byes in the second projected College Football Playoff bracket of the 2024 season on Tuesday. The second wave of rankings were released Nov.

Following its 10-0 start, the Indiana football team was ranked No. 5 in the updated College Football Playoff Rankings, released Tuesday night. Because of the playoff format, Indiana would be the No. 7 seed in the 12-team playoff.

Here's what the College Football Playoff bracket would look like, using only the selection committee's rankings. This is not a projection of how things could look — only what the rankings are now and how that forms the bracket.

The initial College Football Playoff rankings, which were unveiled Tuesday, brought good news to Boise State on multiple fronts. The Broncos (7-1, 4-0 Mountain

Oregon stayed on top in the second batch of College Football Playoff rankings, while the new poll shoved Georgia completely out of the bracket after its lopsided loss to Mississippi

Three weeks remain in college football's regular season, and things continue to feel as delightfully messy as ever. The SEC could end up with anywhere from three to five teams in the College Football Playoff (though the CFP committee's most recent rankings suggest three or four is more likely than five).

Just as the frustrations with the first College Football Playoff rankings were settling in, the sport went on its usual path of chaos — completely changing the landscape of the projected playoff field.

The Big Ten dominated the latest edition of the College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings, with the conference claiming four of the top five slots in the new standings revealed Tuesday night.