The new College Football Playoff format was agreed upon this week.
The 5-7 format for the expanded College Football Playoff was approved on Tuesday and will begin for the 2024 season. The field for the 12-team College Football Playoff beginning next season will comprise five conference champions and seven at-large selections.
Under the new format, the playoff will grant first-round byes to the four highest-ranked conference championships while teams ranked No. 5 through No. 12 will meet at the home venue of the higher-ranked team.
Per On3.com’s Pete Nakos, here is where the slate of playoff games will be played.
- First round: Dec. 20 and Dec. 21
- Quarterfinals: Dec. 31 and Jan. 1
- Semifinals: Jan. 9 and Jan. 10
- CFP National Championship: Jan. 20
New Year’s Six bowl games will host the quarterfinals and semifinal playoff games. The first quarterfinal game next season will be New Year’s Eve in the Fiesta Bowl, followed on New Year’s Day by the Peach Bowl, Rose Bowl, and Sugar Bowl. The semifinal sites will be the Orange Bowl on January 9th, and the Cotton Bowl on January 10th.
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The national championship game will be on January 20th in Atlanta.
The selection committee’s rankings also will determine the seven at-large bids. There will be no limit to how many teams can come from the same league.
The coming season will be the first with a 12-team playoff after 10 years of it being a four-team event.
During the decade of four-team playoffs, the only team from outside a power conference to make the final four was Cincinnati as they had a 13-0 record following the American championship game in 2021.
It’s a new day and age in college football that is sure to bring tons of more excitement.
