College Football Playoff format: 12 team bracket, 2025 schedule, dates, first round games, byes

College Football Playoff format: 12-team bracket, 2025 schedule, dates, first-round games, byes

The CFP Committee will debut the first 12-team bracket on Sunday. Here's everything you need to know

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College Football Playoff bracket picks, predictions: Who will win first 12-team playoff?

The 2024 college football season was rife with drama, from beginning to end. Now it's time to determine a champion.

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2024-25 college football bowl schedule, games, scores, dates, TV channels, kickoff times, locations

The full schedule for the 2024-25 college football bowl season

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College Football Playoff 2024: Ranking the top 25 most impactful players in the 12-team field

The College Football Playoff is stacked with players just waiting to emerge as household names

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2025 SEC football schedule by team: Key games, dates as league releases full slate for next season

The SEC has shuffled some key dates around in its second season as a 16-team league

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2025 Big Ten football schedule by team: Key games, dates as league releases full slate for next season

The Big Ten released its full football schedule for the 2025 season on Wednesday

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College Football Playoff: Making the national championship case for each of the 12 teams in the field

Oregon and Texas are now the co-favorites for the title, while Boise State, Arizona State and Clemson are the long shots.

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2025 College Football Playoff bracket: When first 12-team schedule begins, bowl games, championship dates

How the 11 games of the first 12-team College Football Playoff are set up

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College Football Playoff schedule: 12-team playoff bracket, games, kickoff times, locations for 2024-25 CFP

Breaking down the schedule for the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff bracket

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College Football Playoff ticket prices: Notre Dame vs. Indiana has highest get-in price of first-round games

Tickets for SMU vs. Penn State are significantly more affordable

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College Football Playoff bracket picks: Expert predictions for 12-team field to crown 2025 national champion

With less than two weeks until games begin, our CBS Sports experts have prognosticated how the 2024-25 College Football Playoff will play out

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College Football Playoff first-round games: How early weather forecasts look in South Bend, other campus sites

Three first round games could face below-freezing temperatures in the CFP

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Here’s the Bracket for College Football’s First-Ever 12-Team Playoff

The playoff selection committee awarded the final at-large berth to S.M.U. ahead of Alabama.

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College Football Playoff bracket: Oregon, Georgia, Boise State, Arizona State earn byes; SMU in over Alabama

The 12 teams that will compete in the 2024-25 College Football Playoff have officially been decided

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Nick Saban's pointed Alabama quotes offer clues to future of SEC schedule, College Football Playoff format

Saban's argument has some validity, though Alabama did not suffer from non-conference scheduling

CBS Sports - Dec. 8

First 12-team College Football Playoff set, Oregon seeded No. 1 and SMU edges Alabama for last spot

SMU captured the last open spot in the 12-team College Football Playoff, bumping Alabama to land in a bracket that placed undefeated Oregon at No. 1

ABC News - Dec. 8

Complete college football bowl schedule for 2024-25: Games, matchups, times, dates

From the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl on Dec. 14 to the College Football Playoff National Championship Game on Jan. 20, 82 teams will play in at least one postseason game.

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If College Football Playoff actually wants to reward top teams, it should ditch byes for conference champions

The 12-team playoff's greatest flaw was exposed in its first year

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2024-25 College Football Playoff full bracket and scores, schedule, matchups

The 12-team bracket for the 2024-25 College Football Playoff is set. Here's the full bracket, schedule, matchups, and more.

Yahoo Sports - Dec. 8

College Football Playoff bracket: 12 things to know about the expanded 12-team field

Now we know the 12 teams. Let’s talk about the 12 things that you need to know as the playoff kicks off with first-round games Dec. 20-21.

Yahoo Sports - Dec. 8

College Football Playoff Rankings: Oregon goes wire-to-wire at No. 1, Alabama in top 12 but out of bracket

The final top 25 rankings of the 2024 season arrived from the CFP Selection Committee on Selection Sunday

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College Football Playoff first-round schedule, betting odds: Oregon opens as slight national title favorite

Four teams have odds of +450 or better to win it all.

Yahoo Sports - Dec. 8

Grading the College Football Playoff Selection Committee's first 12-team bracket: How did they do?

Handing out the CFP report card on Selection Sunday

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SMU edge out Alabama as 12-team College Football Playoff bracket set

Oregon given No 1 seed in newly extended format Mustangs through despite loss in ACC title game SMU captured the last open spot in the 12-team College Football Playoff on Sunday, edging Alabama ...

The Guardian - Dec. 8

Oregon, Georgia, Boise State and Arizona State are the top four seeds in the first 12-team College Football Playoff

ABC News - Dec. 8

College Football Playoff bracket, rankings reveal: Who made the 12-team field?

The first 12-team College Football Playoff bracket has been revealed.

Yahoo Sports - Dec. 8

Oregon, Georgia, Notre Dame top final AP Top 25 college football poll ahead of playoff bracket; Alabama 11, SMU 12

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Bowl projections: Oregon, Georgia, Boise State, Arizona State headline first 12-team College Football Playoff

Projecting the first 12-team College Football Playoff bracket ahead of the committee's reveal on Sunday

CBS Sports - Dec. 8

Arizona State makes College Football Playoff with 45-19 win over Iowa State in Big 12 title game

Big 12 newcomer Arizona State will represent the conference in the 12-team College Football Playoff

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SMU's case for College Football Playoff: Why Mustangs deserve spot in bracket despite loss in ACC title game

A last-second loss in a conference title game shouldn't push the No. 8 Mustangs out of the College Football Playoff

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No. 1 Oregon beats No. 3 Penn State 45-37 for Big Ten championship and first-round bye in College Football Playoff

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No. 5 Georgia beats No. 2 Texas 22-19 in overtime for SEC title and first-round bye in College Football Playoff

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College Football Playoff bracket: Does Arizona State or Boise State deserve a first-round bye?

The first two conference champs to punch their ticket to the CFP are the subject of another debate

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Your Guide to the College Football Playoff’s New 12-Team Format

A new era of college football’s postseason has officially begun, and with it, a whole host of new details.

The New York Times - Dec. 7

College Football Bowl Game Schedule 2024-25: Complete list, scores, matchups, dates, times, TV channels

It's time to go bowling for college football teams across the nation.

Yahoo Sports - Dec. 6

Alabama's case for College Football Playoff berth: Why Crimson Tide deserve spot in 12-team bracket

Here's why it's an open and shut case for Alabama in the College Football Playoff

CBS Sports - Dec. 6

College Football Bowl and Playoff Schedule for This Season

College football has been wildly upended over the last few years by conference realignment, NIL and players transfers. Despite the changes, one of its oldest traditions endures: bowl games. These ...

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Chuck Todd: Despite expansion to 12 teams, the College Football Playoff is still broken

The College Football Playoff committee has created a system that is exclusive, not inclusive, writes Chuck Todd.

NBC News - Dec. 6

The College Football Playoff bracket is almost set. How safe is your favorite team?

Will Alabama get in over other SEC foes? Which teams will play spoilers this weekend?

NBC News - Dec. 6

College Football Playoff bracket: What 12-team field looks like after penultimate CFP Rankings release

Boise State could lock up a first-round bye with a win over UNLV in the Mountain West title game

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