12-team College Football Playoff: Five questions for the 2024 committee

June 21, 2024

By Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior Writer: When the College Football Playoff was introduced more than a decade ago, and the sport’s championship evolved from two to four teams, even the system’s creators couldn’t answer some of the questions that arose — or they had a heckuva time trying.

What was the value of winning a conference title when two SEC teams could be in and two Power 5 conference champions were out? When do head-to-head results matter?

And at what point are they dismissed? How do you measure a team’s schedule strength? And how much was a schedule’s strength derived from the perceived strength of a contender’s own conference?

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College Football Playoff: Five questions for the committee

Strength of schedule, ranking the G5 and SEC/Big Ten dominance are among the most pressing queries.

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