The new 12-team playoff will be a bracket-style tournament. The top four seeds will get byes and head directly to the quarterfinals. No. 5 will play No. 12, No. 6 will play No. 11 and so on ...

Here's what the College Football Playoff bracket would look like, using only the selection committee's rankings. This is not ...

Texas joined Oregon, Miami and BYU as teams receiving first-round byes in the second projected College Football Playoff ...