Oregon, Georgia, Miami and BYU lead the way in the first projected College Football Playoff bracket of the 2024 season. The first round of CFP Rankings were released on Tuesday, giving the nation its first look at how the College Football Playoff Selection Committee evaluates the field under the new 12-team format.
In these rankings, Big Ten foes No. 1 Oregon and No. 2 Ohio State claimed the top two spots. However, the Buckeyes pick up the 5-seed while the Ducks are projected to get the Big Ten's auto-bid as conference champion and a first-round bye. That opens the door for No. 3 Georgia to pick up the 2-seed with No. 4 Miami and No. 9 BYU closing out the field. Projected Group of Five champion Boise State slots at No. 12 both in ranking and seeding.
This first bracket includes four teams each from the Big Ten and SEC. Only one team from each the ACC and Big 12 are projected to make the field. Big Ten and SEC powers Ohio State, Texas, Penn State and Tennessee are projected to host first-round games.
Granted, this bracket is a projection at this point. None of the top four seeds will become official until each team actually wins a conference championship, which represents perhaps the biggest change from the four-team to the 12-team College Football Playoff.
Here is our first look at the College Football Playoff bracket after the first CFP Rankings.
CBS Sports will update this story shortly with takeaways from the first projected CFP bracket of the 2024 season.
