May 23, 2025
By Alex Byington, On3 Sports:
On Thursday, the College Football Playoff committee formally adopted a straight-seeding model beginning in 2025 rather than the previous format that awarded conference champions with first-round byes. But not without its critics.
Boise State athletic director Jeremiah Dickey directly called out the College Football Playoff and challenged them to rename the new format after the Broncos, which earned a first-round bye in the 2024 Playoff as the No. 3 seed by virtue of winning the Mountain West despite being ranked ninth in the final CFP rankings following Championship Weekend.
Boise State (12-2, 7-0 MWC), the first-ever Group of Five program to make the Playoff, would ultimately lose to sixth-seeded but No. 4-ranked Penn State, 31-14, in the Fiesta Bowl national quarterfinal on Dec. 31.
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