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Here's What The Expanded 12-Team CFP Bracket Would Look Like Right Now
by Staff Reporter
November 1, 202312 Comments

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The initial College Football Playoff rankings came out Wednesday night with Ohio State, Georgia, Michigan, and Florida State as the Top-4 teams.
This season will be the final year of a four-team playoff before we switch to a 12-team bracket next season.
In a 12-team playoff, here's what the bracket would look like:
With Ohio State as the top seed and the hypothetical Big Ten Champion, Michigan would drop to the No. 5 seed as an at-large bid. Washington would get the No. 4 seed as the hypothetical Pac-12 Champ.
The first round would look like:
No. 12 *Tulane at No. 5 Michigan
No. 9 Oklahoma at No. 8 Alabama
No. 11 Penn State at No. 6 Oregon
No. 10 Ole Miss at No. 7 Texas
*Tulane would get the final spot in the playoff as a projected G5 auto-bid.
Ohio State, Georgia, Florida State, and Washington would get first-round byes.
Missouri and Louisville would be the first two teams left out of the 12-team bracket, according to the ESPN graphic. LSU was ranked No. 14 in the initial ranking Tuesday night and would also be left out of the 12-team playoff.
Thoughts?
This season will be the final year of a four-team playoff before we switch to a 12-team bracket next season.
In a 12-team playoff, here's what the bracket would look like:
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If tweet fails to load, click here. With Ohio State as the top seed and the hypothetical Big Ten Champion, Michigan would drop to the No. 5 seed as an at-large bid. Washington would get the No. 4 seed as the hypothetical Pac-12 Champ.
The first round would look like:
No. 12 *Tulane at No. 5 Michigan
No. 9 Oklahoma at No. 8 Alabama
No. 11 Penn State at No. 6 Oregon
No. 10 Ole Miss at No. 7 Texas
*Tulane would get the final spot in the playoff as a projected G5 auto-bid.
Ohio State, Georgia, Florida State, and Washington would get first-round byes.
Missouri and Louisville would be the first two teams left out of the 12-team bracket, according to the ESPN graphic. LSU was ranked No. 14 in the initial ranking Tuesday night and would also be left out of the 12-team playoff.
Thoughts?
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