The first College Football Playoff rankings for the newly expanded 12-team format will be unveiled Tuesday. While the selection process will largely mirror that of the committee that determined the four-team field over the past decade, this season features more opportunities for teams to qualify. Each of the champions from the Power Four conferences, along with the highest-ranked Group of Five champion, will receive an automatic berth in the playoff. The other seven spots are at-large bids.
To remove subjectivity from the equation, let’s see how the former postseason system views the best teams in the nation up to this point of the 2024 season.
The first simulated BCS rankings from BCSKnowHow.com ahead of Week 10 used the former formula, which combined the use of polls and computer selection methods to determine college football’s national championship game teams from 1999-2013. That model has accurately predicted the final four in six of the past seven seasons and is an accurate indicator on how teams should be properly slotted from a power rankings standpoint.
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Below is a closer look at how the simulated BCS rankings would format the College Football Playoff in Week 10:
