College Playoffs 2024-2025

[TEBOW TIME]

The rankings don’t determine the matchups for the Playoff, though. Here’s how the teams stack up when it comes to who they’ll play in Rounds 1 and 2:

• No. 1 seed: Oregon (vs. 8/9 winner)
• No. 2 seed: Georgia (vs. 7/10 winner)
• No. 3 seed: Boise State (vs. 6/11 winner)
• No. 4 seed: Arizona State (vs. 5/12 winner)

Those 4 teams will receive first-round byes before playing the winner of the first-round games noted above.

Here’s how the first-round matchups look:

• No. 5 Texas vs. No. 12 Clemson
• No. 6 Penn State vs. No. 11 SMU
• No. 7 Notre Dame vs. No. 10 Indiana
• No. 8 Ohio State vs. No. 9 Tennessee

The first 2 teams out of the Playoff field were Alabama and Miami

The 5-8 seeds will host first-round games on Dec. 20 and 21. The quarterfinals will be played on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. The semifinals will be held on Jan. 9-10 and the National Championship Game will be on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Atlanta

 

[TEBOW TIME]

Who you got first round?

 

[sadgator]

That bracket is freakin’ awesome.

It’s so great that those hillbillies have to go to Columbus. sadgator hopes it is a blizzard.

…oh and F Bama…lol…

 

[ocalaman]

I think all home teams win their first round games.

 

[TEBOW TIME]

Opening betting lines for first-round CFP games released

Opening lines for the first-round Playoff matchups have been unveiled.

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[Gator Fever]

I think all home teams win their first round games.

I think so also but TN I think is the most likely to pull a road win if somebody does.

 

[TEBOW TIME]

I think so also but TN I think is the most likely to pull a road win if somebody does.

If they do then Ryan Day better keep on walking

 

[TEBOW TIME]

Is the College Football Playoff bracket fair? Here are some tweaks that would have changed things

The committee that chose the 12 contenders for college football's national title was only worried about one thing — ranking the teams. Where those teams landed in the College Football Playoff bracket was based on a formula created by conference commissioners. “I think the process to rank the...

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[sadgator]

If they do then Ryan Day better keep on walking

The fact that somebody has to lose the OSU-UT game in the first round is awesome.

 

[Michi_Gator]

That bracket is freakin’ awesome.

It’s so great that those hillbillies have to go to Columbus. sadgator hopes it is a blizzard.

…oh and F Bama…lol…

I found it interesting the two 8 pm games are in the two places most likely to see bad weather, Columbus and South Bend.

 

[LizardGrad89]

The rankings don’t determine the matchups for the Playoff, though. Here’s how the teams stack up when it comes to who they’ll play in Rounds 1 and 2:

• No. 1 seed: Oregon (vs. 8/9 winner)
• No. 2 seed: Georgia (vs. 7/10 winner)
• No. 3 seed: Boise State (vs. 6/11 winner)
• No. 4 seed: Arizona State (vs. 5/12 winner)

Those 4 teams will receive first-round byes before playing the winner of the first-round games noted above.

Here’s how the first-round matchups look:

• No. 5 Texas vs. No. 12 Clemson
• No. 6 Penn State vs. No. 11 SMU
• No. 7 Notre Dame vs. No. 10 Indiana
• No. 8 Ohio State vs. No. 9 Tennessee

The first 2 teams out of the Playoff field were Alabama and Miami

The 5-8 seeds will host first-round games on Dec. 20 and 21. The quarterfinals will be played on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. The semifinals will be held on Jan. 9-10 and the National Championship Game will be on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Atlanta

One tweak I think we will need is for the top 4 conference winners to be guaranteed a top 8 seed, rather than a top 4 seed.

It's not fair to the #1 seed that they would get what is often going to be the second or third strongest overall team in the round of 4. Plus that #5 seed is getting an easy path to the final 4 because they get the #12 seed at home, then travel to the #4 conference winner, a team that might not have even been one of the top 12 teams.

I'd also like to see the brackets reseeded each round, like the NFL does. That way we we don't always know what the next round games will be. If #12 beats #5, they play #1 in the next round rather than #4.

 

[Nicktheslick]

One tweak I think we will need is for the top 4 conference winners to be guaranteed a top 8 seed, rather than a top 4 seed.

It's not fair to the #1 seed that they would get what is often going to be the second or third strongest overall team in the round of 4. Plus that #5 seed is getting an easy path to the final 4 because they get the #12 seed at home, then travel to the #4 conference winner, a team that might not have even been one of the top 12 teams.

I'd also like to see the brackets reseeded each round, like the NFL does. That way we we don't always know what the next round games will be. If #12 beats #5, they play #1 in the next round rather than #4.

That is exactly what has happened and has Texas fans drooling. They are playing the Eleventh and twelfth best teams in this playoff.

 

[Gator Fever]

I like the 4 highest conference champs being rewarded with the top 4 seeds. As far as reseeding I am not sure. In theory it should mostly equal out if the #5 to # 12 rankings are decent. Doing it NFL style only helps the highest seeds if there is an upset and doesn't help a lot with everyone thinking a #8 Ohio State is much better than their seeding. I think they probably keep the college basketball type bracket to avoid certain matchups too early in the playoff.

 

[Michi_Gator]

I like the 4 highest conference champs being rewarded with the top 4 seeds. As far as reseeding I am not sure. In theory it should mostly equal out if the #5 to # 12 rankings are decent. Doing it NFL style only helps the highest seeds if there is an upset and doesn't help a lot with everyone thinking a #8 Ohio State is much better than their seeding. I think they probably keep the college basketball type bracket to avoid certain matchups too early in the playoff.

The top 4 conference champs getting me seeds will be the first major change before next year. This is a nightmare for them because the ACC and Big12 were exposed and are sending 🗑 to the playoff. The way the current system is, in the basketball world, would be the equivalent of saying Duke and North Carolina could never both be a one seed.

CFB has never, and will never, seek an actual national champion, they are too concerned with their socialist approach to things and being “fair”. Put the 12 best teams on the damn field and decide it. I don’t GAS who is won the Mountain West Conference.

 

[bradleygator]

The top 4 conference champs getting me seeds will be the first major change before next year. This is a nightmare for them because the ACC and Big12 were exposed and are sending 🗑 to the playoff. The way the current system is, in the basketball world, would be the equivalent of saying Duke and North Carolina could never both be a one seed.

CFB has never, and will never, seek an actual national champion, they are too concerned with their socialist approach to things and being “fair”. Put the 12 best teams on the damn field and decide it. I don’t GAS who is won the Mountain West Conference.

I don't think they care about being fair or socialist. They need to keep football marketable outside of the SEC and Big 10. Who are the best 12 teams this year? Who knows? I think the 5 or 6 best teams are in. The rest are just decorative.

 

[Gator Fever]

The top 4 conference champs getting me seeds will be the first major change before next year. This is a nightmare for them because the ACC and Big12 were exposed and are sending 🗑 to the playoff. The way the current system is, in the basketball world, would be the equivalent of saying Duke and North Carolina could never both be a one seed.

CFB has never, and will never, seek an actual national champion, they are too concerned with their socialist approach to things and being “fair”. Put the 12 best teams on the damn field and decide it. I don’t GAS who is won the Mountain West Conference.

Maybe they change it but they need to reward conference championships somehow imo. Even the NFL does that with the divisions and conference record.

I guess if they go to 14 teams in 2026 there would be only 2 byes so maybe they go to just the top 2 conference winners getting those top 2 seeds. No way should a Big 10 etc. team that didn't win their conference should be getting a bye week over the SEC champion imo.

 

[LizardGrad89]

The top 4 conference champs getting me seeds will be the first major change before next year. This is a nightmare for them because the ACC and Big12 were exposed and are sending 🗑 to the playoff. The way the current system is, in the basketball world, would be the equivalent of saying Duke and North Carolina could never both be a one seed.

CFB has never, and will never, seek an actual national champion, they are too concerned with their socialist approach to things and being “fair”. Put the 12 best teams on the damn field and decide it. I don’t GAS who is won the Mountain West Conference.

What would you think about making it a guaranteed top 8 seed rather than a guaranteed top 4 seed?