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College Football Playoff format changes: What's potentially on the table and how/when things could happen

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College football's 12 -team playoff is one of a few possible playoff changes really exist.

The CFP is an entity created through an agreement among the 10 conferences of the Football Bowl Subdivision and Notre Dame .

As part of the new six-year extension, the conferences agreed to cede decision-making powers to SEC and Big Ten.

Boise State and Arizona State are the Group of Five's best teams in college football's playoff.

The Broncos and ASU were ranked No. 9 and No. 12 by the CFP selection committee.

The conference championship seeding rule was intended for a world that featured five somewhat equitable power conferences.

ESPN pays conferences more than $1 billion annually for rights to the playoff.

ESPN pays the conferences $1 million a year for TV rights.

The New Year’s Six bowl games host the quarterfinals and semifinals in a rotation.

However, evicting the bowls from the playoff rotation is not so simple.

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