College Football Playoff administrators approved a proposal for a straight-seeding model for the 2025 postseason, the group announced Thursday. This represents a major change in Year 2 of the expanded playoff.

Instead, the four highest-ranked teams regardless of conference championships won will receive that bye into the quarterfinals. In the case that one or more of the five top-ranked conference champions rank outside the top 12 of the final playoff rankings,

The College Football Playoff committee has reportedly decided on a straight seeding format, while still giving automatic bids to conference winners.