The final College Football Playoff rankings are in. Here’s what you need to know.
College Football Playoff rankings: Final Top 25
Here’s what the 12-team field looks like
Here is the final tournament bracket.
HOW IT WORKS: Here’s everything you need to know for how the 12-team CFP works
Top four seeds
1 seed — No. 1 Oregon
2 seed — No. 2 Georgia
3 seed — No. 9 Boise State
4 seed — No. 12 Arizona State
Oregon and Georgia were the obvious picks as the top two seeds in the 2024 bracket after Oregon finished undefeated as the Big Ten champion and Georgia defeated the previous No. 2 ranked team Texas to take the SEC title.
The final two seeds went to Boise State and Arizona State. The Broncos were ranked higher than the Big 12 and ACC champions entering the week, and held steady. Arizona State got the final playoff bye over Clemson. The Sun Devils only have two losses compared to Clemson’s three losses, outweighing Clemson beating a higher-ranked team for a conference championship.
First round games
(12 seed) No. 16 Clemson at (5 seed) No. 3 Texas
(11 seed) No. 10 SMU at (6 seed) No. 4 Penn State
(10 seed) No. 8 Indiana at (7 seed) No. 5 Notre Dame
(9 seed) No. 7 Tennessee at (8 seed) No. 6 Ohio State
This is the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff. The four highest-ranked conference champions receive the top four seeds, with the fifth-highest-ranked conference champion also being guaranteed a playoff spot.
Home teams
Texas only fell to No. 3 after losing to Georgia in overtime in the SEC championship. The CFP committee ranked Texas over a one-loss Notre Dame and a two-loss Penn State. Following Texas was No. 4 Penn State the loser of the Big Ten championship. The committee did not hold losses from the Longhorns or the Nittany Lions against either program, keeping both above the Fighting Irish, which didn’t play during conference championship weekend.
The final home game went to Ohio State, as the…
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