One year after expanding to 12 teams, the College Football Playoff is changing its seeding model to remove automatic byes for conference champions.

This is the new format and how teams are picked for the College Football Playoff, where semifinals rotate among the Cotton, Fiesta, Orange, Peach, Rose and Sugar Bowls.

The CFP Management Committee has voted to modify the 2025-2026 season so that the five highest-ranked conference champions are guaranteed access and changed seeding to match final selection committee ...

Conference commissioners voted to go to a straight seeding format (with five spots still reserved for conference champions) ...

Last season Arizona State was one of four teams getting a first-round bye in the College Football Playoff. It won't be that ...

FAMU head football coach James Colzie III and Howard’s Larry Scott were in Miami on Wednesday, May 21, to discuss the 2025 ...

The College Football Playoff format will change this season, to a straight seeding option that presents big changes en route to the 2025-26 National Championshi ...

Steve Bartman became perhaps the most famous (or infamous) fan name in sports history when he reached for a Luis Castillo ...

The College Football Playoff will go to a more straightforward way of filling the bracket next season, placing teams strictly ...

In a move that was widely expected, the 12-team bracket will reward the selection committee’s top four teams with the top ...

Changes to the 2025 College Football Playoff are underway with a new seeding model set to debut this fall. First-round byes ...

The College Football Playoff is implementing new seeding and bye rules for its 12-team format starting in the 2025-26 season, ...