College Football Playoff Receives Seeding Changes for 2025

If the management committee’s changes were implemented a year earlier, it could have altered the 2024 playoff games.

Ohio State place kicker Jayden Fielding celebrates after a field goal against Notre Dame during second half of the College Football Playoff national championship game in Atlanta on Jan. 20, 2025. Jacob Kupferman/AP Photo

The College Football Playoff will look different for the 2025 season.

Months after the first-ever 12-team playoff, the College Football Playoff management committee on Thursday announced it modified the seedings and byes for next season’s playoff.