College football enters Week 3 of 2024 season season.
Tennessee (2-0) and Texas (2-0) posted top-25 wins in Week 2. The Vols were victorious, 51-10, over North Carolina State at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., home of the NFL Carolina Panthers. THE Long horns defeated Michigan31-12, at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
READ: 2024 SEC Football Power Rankings After Week 2
The 2024 season is the first with a 12-team College Football Playoff. formatEach week during the 2024 college football season, Vols Wire will publish a 12-team College Football Playoff bracketology projection.
The bracketology after week 2 is listed below.
1 to 4 seeds
1. Texas
2. Ohio State
3. Miami
4. Utah
5 seeds vs 12 seeds
5. Georgia
12. Memphis
*Winner will face #4 seed
6 seeds vs. 11 seeds
6. Tennessee
11. Pennsylvania State University
*Winner will face #3 seed
7 seeds vs 10 seeds
7. Alabama
10. Oregon
*Winner will face #2 seed
8 seeds vs 9 seeds
8. Ole Miss
9. University of Southern California
*Winner will face #1 seed
College Football Playoff Format
According to the College Football Playoff:
The 12 participating teams will be the five conference champions ranked highest by the CFP selection committee, plus the next seven highest-ranked teams.
The ranking of teams will continue to be carried out by a selection committee.
The top four ranked conference champions will be seeded one through four and will receive a bye into the first round. The fifth ranked conference champion will be seeded where they were seeded or 12th if they are not ranked in the top 12. Non-conference champions ranked in the top 4 will be seeded from 5th. For this reason, the seeding, 1 through 12, may differ from the final standings.
The eight teams ranked 5th through 12th will play in a first round where the higher seeds will host the lower seeds, either on campus or at alternate sites designated by the higher-ranked institution (12th through 5th, 11th through 6th, 10th through 7th, and 9th through 8th).
The selection committee will assign the four highest-seeded conference champions to the quarterfinals of the playoffs hosted by bowls. This will be done by considering historical relationships between bowls and then taking into account seeding. For example, if the Sugar Bowl hosts a playoff quarterfinal and the SEC champion is ranked No. 1 and the Big 12 champion is ranked No. 3, the SEC champion will be assigned to the Sugar Bowl and the Big 12 champion will be assigned elsewhere.
With the four highest-seeded conference champions assigned to bowls, their four playoff quarterfinal opponents will be dictated by the bracket (i.e., No. 1 vs. No. 8/9 winner, No. 4 vs. No. 5/12 winner, No. 2 vs. No. 7/10 winner; No. 3 vs. No. 6/11 winner).
The College Football Playoff bracket will follow the selection committee’s seeding, with no changes to avoid rematches between teams that could have played during the regular season or are in the same conference.
The table will remain in effect throughout the playoffs (i.e. without reallocation).
The highest seed will receive preferential placement into the playoff semi-final.
The 11 matches will be organized under the auspices of the CFP and the administrative policies will be determined by the CFP.
This article was originally published on Vols Wire: 2024 College Football Playoff Projections After Week 2
