College Football Playoff bracket, primarily based on the present committee rankings

The 2024-25 faculty soccer season is the primary time we’ll have a 12-team playoff format. During the season, the choice committee ranks the highest 25 groups after which makes the bracket primarily based on their rating.

Here’s how that bracket would look, utilizing ONLY the committee’s newest high 25 rankings (revealed Dec. 3). This will not be a projected take a look at how the ultimate bracket might look — solely how the bracket appears to be like now utilizing the committee’s personal rankings.

2024-25 College Football Playoff bracket

This bracket makes use of the committee’s high 25 rankings on Tuesday, Dec. 3. It’s necessary to notice that the highest 25 rating doesn’t all the time match the seed within the playoff, because the 4 highest-ranked convention champions obtain the highest 4 seeds and byes, regardless of the place these 4 groups rank within the high 25. The fifth-highest-ranked convention champion can also be in routinely, although that crew is not going to get a bye.

You can see how these numbers — the seed and the CFP rating — differ beneath. The 4 groups with byes are in daring:

1. Oregon — highest-ranked convention champion (Big Ten) and seeded No. 1
2. Texas — second-highest-ranked convention champion (SEC) and seeded No. 2
3. Penn State — at-large choose (second crew within the Big Ten), seeded No. 5
4. Notre Dame — at-large choose (unbiased), seeded No. 6
5. Georgia — at-large choose (second crew from the SEC), seeded No. 7
6. Ohio State — at-large choose (third crew from the Big Ten), seeded No. 8
7. Tennessee — at-large choose (third crew from the SEC), seeded No. 9
8. SMU — third-highest-ranked convention champion (ACC), seeded No. 3
9. Indiana — at-large choose (fourth crew from the Big Ten), seeded No. 10
10. Boise State — fourth-highest-ranked convention champion (Mountain West) and seeded No. 4
11. Alabama — at-large choose (fourth crew from the SEC), seeded No. 11
12. Miami (Fla.) — first crew out of the CFP
13. Ole Miss — second crew out of the CFP
14. South Carolina — third crew out of the CFP
15. Arizona State — fifth-highest-ranked convention champion (Big 12) and seeded No. 12

Boise State, which has misplaced to solely top-ranked Oregon, is the fourth-highest-ranked convention champion and thus would obtain a bye into the quarterfinals regardless of rating No. 10. Though Arizona State is ranked solely No. 15, the Sun Devils are within the College Football Playoff bracket forward of No. 12 Miami (Fla.), No. 13 Ole Miss and No. 14 South Carolina as a result of they’re in because the final computerized qualifier — the fifth-highest-ranked convention champ.

The last CFP high 25 rankings will likely be out on Sunday, Dec 8.

College Football Playoff bracket matchups

With the 4 highest-ranked convention champions receiving the highest 4 seeds and thus byes, the remaining eight groups within the bracket meet within the first spherical. Here are these video games, performed a campus websites on Dec. 20 or Dec. 21:

• (12 seed) Arizona State at (5) Penn State — winner performs (4) Boise State within the quarterfinals
• (11) Alabama at (6) Notre Dame — winner performs (3) SMU within the quarterfinals
• (10) Indiana at (7) Georgia — winner performs (2) Texas within the quarterfinals
• (9) Tennessee at (8) Ohio State — winner performs (1) Oregon within the quarterfinals

There is not any re-seeding as soon as the official bracket is revealed on Sunday, Dec. 8.

The 4 quarterfinal video games usually are not performed on the campus websites. Instead, these 4 video games — scheduled on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 — will likely be performed on the Fiesta Bowl, Rose Bowl, Peach Bowl and Sugar Bowl. The 4 highest-ranked convention champions will likely be assigned one in every of these bowls in consideration of historic bowl relationships in addition to seeding.

The 4 quarterfinal winners will then meet within the semifinals at both the Orange Bowl or the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 9 and Jan. 10. If the seeds maintain, which means (1) would meet (4) and (2) would play (3). The two semifinal winners will then play on Jan. 20 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta for the nationwide championship.