College Football Playoff bracket: What 12-team field looks like after fourth CFP Rankings release

The latter half of the projected College Football Playoff bracket experienced a major shakeup after the chaos of Week 13. Three teams featured in the previous bracket cycled out of the field after getting upset to bring in a new round of contenders. 

Ole Miss fell to Florida and Alabama lost a stunner against Oklahoma to knock both out of the field, but they remain in the top 15 of the College Football Playoff Rankings. Instead, the losses cleared the way for No. 9 SMU to join and No. 8 Tennessee to climb back into the field. No. 5 seed Ohio State, No. 6 seed Penn State, No. 7 seed Notre Dame and No. 8 seed Georgia are projected to host first-round matchups. Indiana also stayed in the field as the 11-seed following a loss to Ohio State. 

At the top, the first-round byes remained unchanged after Oregon, Texas, Miami and Boise State all won. However, Arizona State surpassed BYU as the projected 12-seed after beating the Cougars 28-23 on their home field last weekend. Clemson moved into the position of first team out after jumping ahead of every three-loss SEC team in the rankings. 

This bracket is a projection heading into Week 14. None of the byes will formally be earned until a team wins a conference championship. Here is a look at how the College Football Playoff bracket looks after the fourth CFP Rankings release. 

A look at the projected 12-team bracket as we enter the final week of the 2024 regular season. 
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Author : Shehan Jeyarajah

Publish date : 2024-11-27 02:14:00

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