The first-ever 12-team field will be featured NCAA Tournament-style with its own fancy little bracket in a single-elimination format ... over the schools that are seeded sixth (Penn State ...

SMU captured the last open spot in the College Football Playoff, edging Alabama to land in a first-of-its-kind, 12-team bracket that placed ... games involving teams seeded 5-12.

The NFL playoffs are single elimination. The four division champions from each conference make the playoffs and are seeded No ...

The first expanded playoff bracket unveiled Sunday left a presumably deserving Alabama team ... was seeded second; Boise State, the Mountain West champion, earned the third seed; and Big 12 ...

The NFL expanded from 12 to 14 playoff teams in 2020. The NFL playoffs are single elimination ... wild-card teams and are seeded No. 5 through No. 7. If a wild-card team has a better record ...

The first expanded playoff bracket unveiled Sunday left a presumably deserving Alabama team ... was seeded second; Boise State, the Mountain West champion, earned the third seed; and Big 12 ...

(AP) - The new, 12-team College Football Playoff brings with it a promise to be bigger, more exciting, more lucrative. Perfect or 100% fair? Well, nobody ever believed that. The first expanded playoff ...