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How the 12 College Football Playoff Berths Will Be Awarded in 2024

Here’s how the 12 playoff bids will be awarded under the new system.

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Sources: Rose Bowl’s Spot Within Expanded Playoff to Come This Week

In its latest proposal to the CFP, the Rose Bowl is requesting to host a semifinal each year as part of an expanded College Football Playoff.

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SI’s Top 10: Why USC Holds Most of the Remaining Cards in the CFP Race

With LSU and Ohio State both losing Saturday, the College Football Playoff door now opens more for Caleb Williams and the Trojans.

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SI's Expert Picks for College Football Rivalry Week

Michigan–Ohio State, USC–Notre Dame and Clemson–South Carolina all have Playoff stakes.

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SI’s Top 10: Another Contender Falls As Playoff Picture Takes Shape

It was a bad Saturday for Tennessee, while USC, Michigan and TCU each survived big tests heading into rivalry week.

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The Top College Football Matchups to Track in Week 12

It’s not Rivalry Week yet, but there are still plenty of juicy games on deck, including a showdown in Los Angeles.

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College Football Playoff watch: Do we need to brace ourselves for an all-SEC/Big Ten playoff?

College football fans probably wouldn't be thrilled with this scenario.

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SI’s Top 10: Oregon Crashes Out of Playoff Race

The Ducks lost in brutal fashion, while TCU proved its mettle on the road.

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Projecting All 41 Bowl Matchups, College Football Playoff

For the first time since preseason, we’re projecting the participants in every bowl game.

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Where Top-10 Dust Settles After a Playoff-Altering Day

It was an eventful Saturday in college football, including Alabama taking its second loss of the season.

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How Did Past Opening Playoff Rankings Turn Out?

The teams that start out in the top four don’t always finish there, with some years being more turbulent than others.

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Forde-Yard Dash: Pros, Cons of an Expanded CFP Calendar

A 12-team field would bring fundamental changes that fans will have to prepare for.

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MWC Commissioner: Most of CFP Should Be On Campus

He spoke frankly about the issue of where College Football Playoff games will take place in the 12-team era.

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One Commissioner’s Pitch: Let More College Sites Host Playoff Games

Mountain West Conference commissioner Craig Thompson is suggesting that quarterfinals and semifinals be held on teams’ campuses over neutral bowl sites.

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USC coach Lincoln Riley knows how to go from October loss to College Football Playoff

LOS ANGELES — In each of his first three seasons as Oklahoma's coach, Lincoln Riley entered October with an unblemished record and a top-10 ranking … only to drop a game unexpectedly.

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Bowl Projections: Tennessee Shakes Up CFP Field

Our newest projected College Football Playoff field has a distinctly orange tint to it.

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Four Things to Know About Division Series

The best thing about today is that we get to watch four playoff games. The second best part? We finally can see the top four teams (two from each league) in postseason action. Indeed, because of the new 12-team format, the Dodgers, Braves, Astros and Yankees all received first-round byes.…

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Ireland v Scotland: TV information, team news, betting odds and more for crucial World Cup playoff

Vera Pauw's side face their date with destiny in a massive World Cup playoff against Scotland

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SI’s Mock 12-Team Playoff Shows Thrill of On-Campus Games

Under the expanded postseason, we could be treated to matchups like Ole Miss vs. Michigan in Ann Arbor.

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What the world was like the last time the Seattle Mariners made the playoffs

This list is going to make you feel OLD.

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What We Know—and Don’t Know—About CFP Expansion

The sport’s postseason is expanding to 12 teams, but plenty of questions remain—such as, when will it take effect?

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Before The Snap: Which top teams are College Football Playoff contenders or pretenders?

Who's next after Alabama, Georgia and Ohio State?

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College Football Playoff watch: USC’s playoff chances surge after Week 2, Texas is still hanging on

Texas is the only one-loss team still with a top-10 chance to make the College Football Playoff.

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Where Ohio State would have been in proposed 12-team playoff model if in place since 2014

Going back and looking at where Ohio State would have placed if the CFP had started as a 12-team playoff under the current proposal. #GoBuks

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Sources: Potential Vote Looms as Playoff Expansion Talks Heat Up

University presidents are moving on discussions that could put expansion as early as 2024 back on the table.

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