July 28, 2024
By Brad Crawford, 247Sports: Updated odds to reach the expanded 2024 College Football Playoff are out with notable changes across the board, including improved hopes for a couple dark horses, via FanDuel Sportsbook. This season’s 12-team playoff is designed to increase the stakes in college football’s postseason, attract additional viewers and potentially add more parity to the national championship picture.
Under the new format, the five highest-ranked conference champions will receive automatic bids. The field is then filled out with the seven highest-ranked, at-large teams remaining. The four highest-rated conference champion seeds receive opening-round byes. Several elites — including a couple of programs who reached last season’s final four — strengthened their rosters this offseason in hopes of catapulting themselves into the title game next January.
While most of the value is gone at this point, there’s still a chance to place a futures bet if you feel strongly about a potential contender one way or another.
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