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Last Updated: February 21, 2024, 00:00 IST
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The discipline for the 12-staff College Football Playoff will comprise 5 convention champions and 7 at-massive picks after the college presidents who oversee the CFP voted unanimously Tuesday to tweak the format.
The discipline for the 12-staff College Football Playoff will comprise 5 convention champions and 7 at-massive picks after the college presidents who oversee the CFP voted unanimously Tuesday to tweak the format.
The transfer to lower the variety of spots reserved for convention champions from six to 5 was prompted by realignment and the disassembling of the Pac-12, and has been anticipated for a number of months. An anticipated vote final month was delayed on the Pac-12’s request.
The unique plan for the 12-staff format was to have the six highest-ranked convention champions, with the highest 4 receiving first-spherical byes, and 6 at-massive picks. But with one fewer energy convention after the Pac-12’s demise, the commissioners who handle the CFP beneficial to make the change from a 6-6 format to a 5-7.
No convention may have computerized entry. Those 5 slots will go to the very best-ranked convention champs as decided by the CFP choice committee, guaranteeing not less than one staff from outdoors the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, Big 12 and Southeastern Conference will make the 12-staff discipline.
The choice committee’s rankings additionally will decide the seven at-massive bids. There will likely be no restrict to what number of groups can come from the identical league.
“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,” stated Mark Keenum, president of Mississippi State University and chair of the CFP Board of Managers. “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.”
The coming season would be the first with a 12-staff playoff after 10 years of it being a 4-staff occasion.
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