After three more weeks of games, we’ll get our first official look at where teams stand in the College Football Playoff race. The selection committee will unveil its first Top 25 of the year on Tuesday, Nov. 4, setting the scene for the second year of the 12-team field.
Things will look a bit different in this year’s playoff. While the field holds at 12 for now, the format has been tweaked: the top five conference champions will still receive automatic bids to the field, opening the door for at least one Group of 5 program, but the top four champions will no longer receive byes into the second round. Instead, those top four seeds will go to the highest ranked teams, with seedings continuing according to the committee’s rankings.
