The final college football game of the year happens tonight at the College Football Playoff National Championship game in Houston, Texas. Tonight's game features the Washington Huskies against the Michigan Wolverines.
In addition to Washington and Michigan, this year's College Football Playoff featured the Alabaman Crimson Tide an the Texas Longhorns. Below, we'll tracked their scores and bowl game odds.
College football playoff bracket
College football fans will ring in 2024 with an exciting pair of CFP Bowl games, and now just two teams remain and are set to face off at the CFP National Championship next week.
College football playoff odds
Get the college football odds on both CFP bowl games, including odds to win the CFP National Championship.
College football playoff format
This version of the College Football Playoff slates the four highest-ranked teams against one another in semifinal matchups that occupy two of the New Year's Six bowl games. This year, that's the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl.
The CFP Selection Committee uses a magical combination of resume, conference champion status, strength of schedule, head-to-head matchups, and more to determine those four teams.
Controversially, undefeated ACC champ Florida State (13-0) was left out due in large part to the injury of star quarterback Jordan Travis and how they played without him, making the Seminoles the first undefeated Power Five conference champ to miss this version of the CFP.
With that said, this is all set to change. The CFP is moving to a much more elaborate 12-team playoff starting in 2024.
College Football Playoff Bracket FAQs
The new 2025 college football playoff bracket shows the 12 selected NCAA college football teams that will compete for a shot at the CFP National Championship on January 20, 2025.
Starting with the 2024/25 season, there are four rounds in the college football playoff bracket: The first round, the quarterfinals, the semifinals and the National Championship Game.
No. The bracket will be set in early December, 2024.
For the 2024 CFP, the Michigan Wolverines, Alabama Crimson Tide, Texas Longhorns and Washington Huskies made up the CFP bracket.