All 32 remaining College Football Playoff contenders, tiered.
“It is about creating meaningful opportunities for student-athletes and universities, rewarding competitive excellence and challenging schedules, increasing fan access to championship competition by expanding the number of on-campus playoff games, and strengthening the importance of the entire season from opening weekend through the national championship. “This new format advances those priorities while preserving what makes college football special and supporting the long-term future of our sport.”
With expansion, team schedules are also set to change . How to think about where CFB’s best teams stand ahead of the second playoff rankings release.
College football's Selection Sunday is just a shade under a month away, on Dec. 6. Many, many people will offer you projected brackets between now and then, fulfilling the pointless human lust for brackets that get blown to smithereens just a few days after they're released.
Ahead of the year's second rankings release on Tuesday night, I'm here offering you a better way to think about the playoff: Tiers! This is a broad breakdown of how every team that's still in the playoff hunt — there are 32, by my count, for 12 spots — slots into the national picture.
KEY POINTS
- As a result of expansion, Power Four conference championships are going away, and each league announced their respective title games this year would be the last.
- $39.99 gets you a FULL year of On3 | Rivals national coverage Each of the power conference commissioners shared their reactions to the news Monday, as well.
- SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said the new-look College Football Playoff will have a broader impact than just putting more teams in the bracket.
- “Expanding the College Football Playoff is about more than adding teams,” Sankey said in a statement.