Another wrinkle has developed for the second year of the 12-team College Football Playoff.
CFP executives unanimously voted Thursday on a pivot to a straight seeding format for the upcoming year, according to Yahoo Sports.
Teams will now be seeded 1-12 based on the selection committee’s rankings rather than reserving the top four seeds for the conference champions.
In the straight seeding format, the top four seeds will get byes into the quarterfinals.
The CFP will pivot to a straight seeding format for the upcoming season. Getty Images
The vote went through the management committee, the 10 FBS conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s athletic director, Pete Bevacqua, after an unbalanced bracket emerged last season under last year’s format.
For instance, Boise State was the No. 3 seed while 11-win Texas and Penn State endured tougher, competitive schedules.
They went on to win the Mountain West championship and benefited from the highest-ranked conference champion rule.
The four teams that received first-round byes last season were Oregon, Boise State, Arizona and Georgia.
None of them moved on past the quarterfinals.
Oregon, the Big Ten champion, drew eighth-seeded Ohio State for their Rose Bowl matchup and were left in the dust, losing 41-21 against the eventual national champions.
Ducks coach Dan Lanning didn’t blame the seeding format.
Safety Seyi Oladipo of the Boise State Broncos celebrates a sack during the first half of the Mountain West Championship against the UNLV Rebels at Albertsons Stadium on December 6, 2024 in Boise, Idaho. Getty Images
“We had an opportunity,” Lanning said. “We didn’t take advantage of the opportunity. I am not going to make excuses for our opportunity.”
The vote also kept in place a…
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