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After 10 years adhering to a four-team structure, the College Football Playoff is going to look radically different beginning next season, with 12 teams participating instead of four.
That won’t be the only change to the CFP.
The playoff’s board of managers voted unanimously on Tuesday to tweak the event’s qualifying criteria, so that the five highest-rated conference champions make the field alongside seven at-large selections. The first year of the 12-team playoff was previously set to include the six highest-rated conference champions and six at-large teams.
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“This is a very logical adjustment for the College Football Playoff based on the evolution of our conference structures since the board first adopted this new format in September 2022,” said Mississippi State president and chair of the board Mark Keenum said in a statement. “I know this change will also be well received by student-athletes, coaches and fans. We all will be pleased to see this new format come to life on the field this postseason.”
College Football Playoff format 2024
The format adopted by the board of managers Tuesday is what’s commonly referred to as the “5-7 model,” which references the top five conference champions and the seven highest-rated teams in the playoff committee’s rankings that did not win their conference.
While not explicitly stated in Tuesday’s announcement, the move reflects larger changes in the college sports landscape that have occurred over the past year — namely, the implosion of the Pac-12. Under the old plan, the six highest-rated conference champions would have effectively guaranteed the inclusion of each of the Power Five leagues — the SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, ACC and Pac-12 — as well as the…
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Author : The Tennessean
Publish date : 2024-02-20 18:48:12
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