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24-Team Playoff Bracket Takes Shape From 2025 Final Rankings
Expanded format would add an extra round and more byes starting in 2027
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Top Eight Seeds
The top eight teams from the 2025 final committee ranking would receive byes into the second round. No. 1 Indiana as Big Ten champion would sit at the top, followed by No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Georgia as SEC champion, No. 4 Texas Tech as Big 12 champion, No. 5 Oregon, No. 6 Ole Miss, No. 7 Texas A&M and No. 8 Oklahoma.
First-Round Matchups
Eight first-round games would pair seeds 9 through 24. No. 17 Arizona would visit No. 16 USC, No. 18 Michigan would travel to No. 15 Utah, No. 19 Virginia would face No. 14 Vanderbilt, No. 20 Tulane as the Group of 6 representative would play at No. 13 Texas, No. 21 Houston would meet No. 12 BYU, No. 22 Georgia Tech would visit No. 11 Notre Dame, No. 23 Iowa would take on No. 10 Miami and No. 24 Duke as ACC champion would play at No. 9 Alabama.
Second Round and Bowl Pods
Winners would advance to face the top eight seeds. Those contests would feed into four pods hosted at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl, Capital One Orange Bowl, Rose Bowl Presented by Prudential and Allstate Sugar Bowl. The pods would match No. 8 Oklahoma against No. 1 Indiana, No. 7 Texas A&M against No. 2 Ohio State, No. 6 Ole Miss against No. 3 Georgia and No. 5 Oregon against No. 4 Texas Tech.
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