Changes to the 2025 College Football Playoff are underway with a new seeding model set to debut this fall. First-round byes remain, but they will now go to the selection committee's top-four seeds independent of conference championships.

In a move that was widely expected, the 12-team bracket will reward the selection committee’s top four teams with the top four seeds and a first-round bye, instead of moving pieces around to

The College Football Playoff will go to a more straightforward way of filling the bracket next season, announcing Thursday that it will place teams strictly on where they are ranked instead of moving pieces around to reward conference champions.