Multiple outlets reported earlier this week that the College Football Playoff has voted unanimously to change its seeding model ahead of the 2025 college football season. Rather than give the top-four ranked conference champions a first-round bye, as the CFP’s rules required in 2024, the seeding will instead be decided by a straight ranking option.

The Big Ten and the SEC have made their move to establish dominance over college football. The seeding process for the College Football Playoff has been modified to a straight seeding system. Per a College Football Playoff press release,