The College Football Playoff announced this week that it will move to a straight-seeding format for its 12-team bracket beginning this season, moving away from last season’s format of the four highest-ranked conference champions getting the top four seeds and the first-round byes that went with them.

"After evaluating the first year of the 12-team playoff, the CFP management committee felt it was in the best interest of the game to make this adjustment," CFP Executive Director Rich Clark said in ...

The compromise is expected to keep that $8 million payout for 2025, but it will likely change in 2026 when the "new revenue-distribution model that was established last spring where conferences earn ...