College Football Playoff rankings, Nov. 12: B1G lands 4 teams in updated bracket
The second College Football Playoff rankings for the 2024 season have been revealed.
The College Football Playoff will begin a new era this fall as it expands to 12 teams. The 5 highest-ranked conference champions will all receive automatic bids, leaving 7 spots open for at-large programs deemed worthy of inclusion by the selection committee. The top 4 spots in the bracket, reserved for the highest-ranked conference champions, will all receive first-round byes.
First round CFP games will be played on campus sites from Dec. 20-21. Four quarterfinal matchups will then played from Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 at bowl sites. The Fiesta Bowl will host a quarterfinal on New Year’s Eve while the other 3 quarterfinal matchups will take place on New Year’s Day at the Peach Bowl, the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl.
For the semifinals, those games will be on Jan. 9 and Jan. 10 at the Orange Bowl and Cotton Bowl, respectively. The national championship game will be played in Atlanta on Jan. 20.
Here’s a look at the first-ever top 25 from the CFP selection committee in the 12-team Playoff era:
- Oregon
- Ohio State
- Texas
- Penn State
- Indiana
- BYU
- Tennessee
- Notre Dame
- Miami
- Alabama
- Ole Miss
- Georgia
- Boise State
- SMU
- Texas A&M
- Kansas State
- Colorado
- Washington State
- Louisville
- Clemson
- South Carolina
- LSU
- Missouri
- Army
- Tulane