Multiple outlets reported earlier this week that the College Football Playoff has voted unanimously to change its seeding model ahead of the 2025 college football season. Rather than give the top-four ranked conference champions a first-round bye, as the CFP’s rules required in 2024, the seeding will instead be decided by a straight ranking option.

The College Football Playoff (CFP) management committee agreed to change its seeding format for this season. The new policy will no longer reserve byes for conference champions and instead have the seeds match the committee’s rankings, according to a CFP spokesperson.

A big change is coming to the College Football Playoff with a new seeding model ready to debut this season, as the committee will forgo the distinction between