Auto bid teams Oregon, Georgia, Boise St, ASU all lose in CFP quarterfinals

January 2, 2025

By Ehsan Kassim, USA TODAY: Automatic bids to the College Football Playoff in 2024 equated to automatic losses.

Following the conclusion of the quarterfinal round of the initial 12-team playoff, all four of the teams that won their conference and earned a first-round bye are now officially out of contention for the national championship. While the automatic bids were out of the CFP committee’s hands, they likely deserve credit for getting it mostly right with the rest of the field.

No. 1 Oregon (Big Ten) was soundly beaten 41-21 by No. 8 Ohio State, while No. 7 Notre Dame beat No. 2 Georgia (SEC) 23-10, No. 6 Penn State beat No. 3 Boise State (Mountain West) 31-14 and No. 5 Texas beat No. 4 Arizona State (Big 12) 39-31 in an overtime thriller.

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Automatic bid teams Oregon, Georgia, Boise State, Arizona State all lose in CFP quarterfinals

Oregon, Georgia, Boise State and Arizona State all earned automatic bids and a bye in the College Football Playoff ... then lost in the quarterfinals.

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