College Football Playoff model approved for 2024-2025

The College Football Playoff will feature 12 teams for the first time in 2024. This is a major change from what the CFP Committee has had for the last 10 years since the Playoff started. The four-team playoff always had fans and teams talking for weeks about who made it in, but more importantly, who didn't.

Georgia held the top spot for the majority of the season and after a tough loss to Alabama in the SEC Championship, they missed the playoff. Florida State went undefeated and won the ACC, but lost their star quarterback late, and after everything did not make it in either.

Well, with the 12-team format, teams like Georgia and Florida State won't have to worry too much about whether or not they made it in or not anymore. The CFP Committee approved a revised 5-7 format today and finalized the playoff format next season.

The 5-7 format will showcase the five conference champions who will get an automatic big, similar to the March Madness format, and then the seven next best teams will be who the committee will vote on to get into the playoff. Teams that has more than one loss or their only loss was in the conference championship will now have a better chance at making it into the exclusive playoff.

This new format benefits Michigan, especially heading into a season with a new head coach and a very different roster from their National Championship game. Sherrone Moore will obviously compete for the Big 10 title, but a second-place finish now does not mean a nail in the coffin of a playoff appearance.