Friday Headlines: College Football Playoff Changes

Changes are coming to the College Football Playoff and will be implemented to take place ahead of this coming season.

The 12-team playoff will now have straight seeding, which is a model that will reward the selection committee’s top-4 teams with the first four seeds as well as first-round byes.

According to ESPN, this decision was reached unanimously by the 10 FBS commissioners and Notre Dame’s athletic director Pete Bevacqua.

This change is being made just one year after the expanded playoff was put into place.

Last season, the four highest-ranked conference champions received first-round byes.

But interestingly enough, each of those four teams (No. 1 Oregon, No. 2 Georgia, No. 3 Boise State & No. 4 Arizona State) lost their first game of the playoff with three of those four losses coming by double-digits.

It’s no secret that the College Football Playoff will continue to evolve and expand. The question is how long each step will take and how far that development will go.

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Headlines

Noah, Burton Trying to Help Tornado Victims – Vaught’s Views

Everyone trying to pitch in.

Rockies fall to 8-42 after being swept in four games by Phillies – ESPN

Somehow it continues to get worse.

Betting Sites Aren’t Optimistic About UK Football – Vaught’s Views

Is this a prove-it year for Stoops?

Braves OF Ronald Acuna Jr. (knee) expected to return Friday – ESPN

Heavily anticipated.

Could Kam Williams be a First Round Draft Pick? – Vaught’s Views

Is he being slept on?

Pirates GM Cherington shuts down talk of trading Paul Skenes – ESPN

As they should.

Pope predicts the Kentucky-Louisville rivalry will heat up – KSR

This would be good for everyone.

Rich Paul weighs in as LBJ considers options for next year – CBS Sports

The drama begins.

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