SEC Playoff Format Changes

College Football Playoff selection show

This College Football Playoff format is obsolete. Can those in charge do anything about it?

A College Football Playoff selection process that handed out bids to two Group of 5 teams, bumped Notre Dame from the field on the last day and spotlighted a team that couldn’t be “punished” for nearl...

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ESPN, College Football Playoff agree to extend deadline for changes

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SMU, Penn State highlight College Football Playoff's peculiar selection, seeding choices

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College Football Playoff 2025-26: Selection committee process, seeding changes and the format’s future

The Athletic has live coverage of the College Football Playoff bracket reveal.

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Iowa football ranked in latest CFP rankings

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Notre Dame is OUT of the College Football Playoff

Sporting News on MSN

Alabama is the first 3-loss team to make playoffs with new format

Despite a 28–7 loss to No. 3 Georgia in the SEC Championship Game, Alabama secured a spot in the expanded College Football Playoff, making history as the first three-loss team to qualify under the new 12-team format as a non conference champion.

HottyToddy

Deadline for new playoff format extended ahead of next CFP rankings

College Football Playoff and ESPN have extended the deadline for the SEC and Big Ten to reach an agreement on the next playoff format.

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SEC bias who? Big Ten is quietly taking over the CFP power structure

Last season, only three SEC teams were admitted entrance, compared to four from the Big Ten. Only Oregon got a first-round bye as that year's format gave a bye to the top four conference champions. This year it's straight seeding and that could benefit the Big Ten in a huge way.

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What's new to CFP format this year? Explaining playoff bracket changes

What changes have been made to the CFP format this season? Here's what to know about the 2025-26 College Football Playoff format.

NBC Sports

SEC pushes for no automatic qualifiers in playoff; last week’s results show it might have a point

Instead of simply pushing for a limited number of automatic qualifiers in the next version of the College Football Playoff, leaders in the Southeastern Conference are now suggesting they don’t want any at all. The results from last weekend might show ...