With so much controversy over the format for the next version of the College Football Playoff, let’s not forget this year’s event is largely unchanged.

The 12-team field will feature the five highest-ranked conference champions and seven at-large teams.

The top-four seeds will receive byes into the quarterfinals.

The No. 5-to-8 seeds will play at home in the opening round against the No. 9-to-12 seeds.

The format is clean, crisp and fairly popular — a stark contrast to some of the outlandish proposals for the 2026 iteration of the CFP.

In fact, there is only one change this year: Teams will be seeded according to their position in the final CFP rankings.

The highest-ranked conference champions are no longer guaranteed the top-four seeds.

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