Predicting the College Football Playoff committee’s top-12 teams in the first rankings of 2024
We can’t predict the future, but we tried anyway ahead of the first CFP rankings of the season.
The College Football Playoff field expanded this season from four to 12 teams, and the CFP selection committee’s first rankings for the 2024-25 season are set to drop Tuesday, November 5 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.
The committee will still rank the top-25 teams every week late in the season like it has in the past, but obviously now, there will be a focus on the top dozen or so teams, rather than the top five or six.
It’s worth noting that the final rankings — Selection Sunday is set for December 8 — may not match the committee’s bracket seeding. This could happen for a couple reasons, like if there’s a conference championship-less team among the top four or if a Group of Five conference champion with a guaranteed spot is outside the top 12.
Now, as much as we wish we could, we can’t actually predict the future, but that’s never stopped us from trying anyway. So ahead of the first College Football Playoff rankings of the 2024-25 season, here are our predictions ahead of Saturday’s games for the top-12 teams in the debut rankings.