As the conference commissioners overseeing the postseason debate what’s next for the College Football Playoff, an expansion of the 2026 bracket has practically been a foregone conclusion for ...

1A plays a 12-team bracket, where the top four seeds received byes to the quarterfinals. That is the only conference where teams receive byes. The 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A and 6A conferences all play a 16 ...

Ole Miss football head coach Lane Kiffin believes a College Football Playoff that includes the 16 best teams and doesn't award automatic bids would be the "best" postseason system.

College football could be moving toward a 16-team College Football Playoff bracket beginning with the 2026 season, per ESPN's Pete Thamel, who provided more information.

A first look at the new bracket based on the College Football Playoff committee's third set of rankings.

Four teams receive double byes and four more get a single bye in the first 16-team Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tournament in Kansas City.

For football, 16-team state brackets were approved for Class 4A, 3A, 2A, 2B and 1B. In Class 1A, 44 participating schools were needed in football to insure a 16-team bracket.

Four teams receive double byes and four more get a single bye in the first 16-team Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tournament in Kansas City.

Of the 24 teams seeded in the championship bracket, the top eight receive byes to the Round of 16 (with two notable exceptions explained below).

Here's a look at the final College Football Playoff top-25 rankings, which weren't guaranteed to match the bracket seeds because of conference champions and byes. *First-round byes 1.

Below you'll find the latest projected bracket with byes and first-round matchups as well as the latest top 25. Who will make the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff?