Everyone keeps saying that the ACC, SEC, Big10 and Big12 conference champions get an automatic bid. I have been calling BS. I have been telling them the five highest ranked conference champions regardless of conference get a bid with the top four highest ranked teams get a first-round bye. I cannot find anywhere it says that the P4 champions will always get the automatic bid. Everything I have read does not say that. I finally went to NCAA.com to see exactly how it works. If I am reading it correctly, I have been correct, and all those guys don't know ****. But if I am reading it incorrectly, I will eat crow. What you say?
How the College Football Playoff automatic qualifiers work, from byes to seeds | NCAA.com
["Unlike college basketball’s NCAA tournament, automatic bids won’t be given to every conference champion for the CFP. For FBS, automatic spots will be given to the five highest-ranked conference champions — no matter the conference. Those five AQs are dependent on how the CFP selection committee ranks conference champions in the top 25.
The four highest-ranked teams in the last CFP top 25 will be seeded one through four no matter where they rank in the final College Football Playoff top 25. For example, the fourth-highest ranked conference champion might be ranked "only" No. 8 in the top 25, but as the fourth-highest conference champ, that team would get the No. 4 seed. Non-conference champions ranked in the top four will be seeded starting at No. 5 and cannot get byes.
Here's a look at every FBS conference. Five of these conference champions will become automatic qualifiers, based on where they rank in the committee's top 25."]
How the College Football Playoff automatic qualifiers work, from byes to seeds | NCAA.com
["Unlike college basketball’s NCAA tournament, automatic bids won’t be given to every conference champion for the CFP. For FBS, automatic spots will be given to the five highest-ranked conference champions — no matter the conference. Those five AQs are dependent on how the CFP selection committee ranks conference champions in the top 25.
The four highest-ranked teams in the last CFP top 25 will be seeded one through four no matter where they rank in the final College Football Playoff top 25. For example, the fourth-highest ranked conference champion might be ranked "only" No. 8 in the top 25, but as the fourth-highest conference champ, that team would get the No. 4 seed. Non-conference champions ranked in the top four will be seeded starting at No. 5 and cannot get byes.
Here's a look at every FBS conference. Five of these conference champions will become automatic qualifiers, based on where they rank in the committee's top 25."]
- ACC
- American
- Big Ten
- Big 12
- Conference USA
- MAC
- Mountain West
- Sun Belt
- SEC
