The 2026 College Football Playoff will once again feature 12 teams. Just like in 2025, the four highest-ranked conference champions will receive the top four seeds and earn first-round byes. The remaining playoff teams will then be seeded based on the CFP rankings, regardless of whether they won their conference. The final automatic bid (usually the 12th seed) will go to the highest-ranked team from one of the Group of 6 conferences (American, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, Pac-12, or Sun Belt), regardless of whether it won its conference championship. As we all anxiously wait for the sta...
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