December and January offered college football fans something they hadn’t experienced before with the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff. For a month straight, fans were treated with some exciting games that ultimately crowned a national champion. With the format slightly tweaked to ensure some even more competitive matchups, the 12-team field is back in 2025.

For better or worse (that’s for you to decide), the 12-team format offers a wider range of teams a chance to win it all, which could bode well for a team like Michigan this year that should be “pretty good,” even if it is not among the nation’s elite. Although it might be a bit early, let’s take our best crack at what the 2025 field could look like.

As a reminder, the format of the playoff was adjusted this year with seeding

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