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What we learned from inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff

January 21, 2025

By Chip Patterson, CBS Sports: The Ohio State football program captured history with claiming the first-ever College Football Playoff National Championship when the four-team model made its debut in the 2014 season. A decade later, the Buckeyes have emerged again as postseason pioneers with another title after defeating Notre Dame to cap the first season of the 12-team College Football Playoff.

Just like in 2014, there was a lot to learn about how the new bracket and postseason format would impact the sport. During the season, and especially in those final weeks of the conference title races, the new CFP absolutely did its job to keep more fan bases invested in the pursuit of a national championship.

Access towards winning a national championship has never been as abundant, and that was reflected by the fact that nearly two dozen teams still had a shot to make the final bracket deep into November.

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