Jon Joseph Moderator No. 1 Share Posted Thursday at 03:13 PM Not certain what the trade-off is for securing a unanimous vote, but playoff seeding matching rankings in 2026 would be sweet. College Football Playoff nearing consensus to alter seeding process with changes to first-round byes - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The power conferences are in agreement to move to a format that will eliminate automatic first-round byes for conference champions. I'll believe it when I see it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Marsh No. 2 Share Posted Thursday at 11:43 PM I could also see a compromise that sees a re ranking occur after the first round of play, doubt they're that clever though. But just think that Oregon would have played BSU or Indiana in the Rose Bowl last year if they just ranked it straight up. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Author Moderator No. 3 Share Posted 18 hours ago A seeded as ranked 16-team PO field in 2024-25, with no spots guaranteed for any conference would have been: 16. Clemson at 1. Oregon 9. Boise State at 8. Indiana 13. Miami at 4. Penn State 12. ASU at 5. Notre Dame 15. South Carolina at 2. Georgia 10. SMU at 7. Tennessee 14. Ole Miss at 3. Texas 11. Alabama at 6. Ohio State 6 SEC/ 4 B1G/ 3 ACC/ 1 G6, Independent, B12 With a 4-4-2-2-1-3 format, ACC champion Clemson moves up to No. 15, knocking out South Carolina. BYU is No. 16 as the B12's 2nd team and plays OBD in the 1st round. Clemson would rematch with Georgia in Athens. The B12 doesn't want two teams assured to be in the field? Without the guaranty, the B12 is out $4 million. The 8 conference game, 2 Blue Chip Roster ACC would have had three participants, plus Notre Dame. If the ACC wants an assured three teams in the field, require ND to become a football member, and then three in is fine. Even though the ACC went 0-2 in 2024-25. Notre Dame and Boise State were the two PO teams in 2024 that played four or more G6 opponents. There is no justification for the ACC to play only eight conference games. Boise State at No. 9 is one reason why the Power 2 are concerned over a Committee picking and seeding teams. Boise was a solid G6 team, but Boise wold have lost to a majority of teams ranked No. 10 through No. 16 and the Committee never provided a cogent reason as to why the Broncos were ranked 9th. Power 2: Tell the Peanut Gallery to pipe down. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Author Moderator No. 4 Share Posted 2 hours ago This Couldn't Happen Last Season? College Football Playoff nearing consensus to alter seeding process with changes to first-round byes - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The power conferences are in agreement to move to a format that will eliminate automatic first-round byes for conference champions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
