College Football Playoff
| College Football Playoff | |
|---|---|
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| In operation | 2014–present |
| Preceded by |
BCS (1998–2013) Bowl Alliance (1995–1997) Bowl Coalition (1992–1994) |
| Number of playoff games | 3 (championship game, 2 semifinal games) |
| Championship trophy | College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy |
| Television partner(s) | ESPN (2014–present) |
| Most playoff appearances | Alabama (3) |
| Most playoff wins | Alabama (5), Clemson (5) |
| Most playoff championships | Alabama (1), Clemson (1), Ohio State (1) |
| Conference with most appearances | ACC (3), Big Ten (3), SEC (3) |
| Conference with most game wins | SEC (3), ACC (3) |
| Conference with most championships | ACC (1), Big Ten (1), SEC (1) |
| Last championship game | 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship |
| Current champion | Clemson |
| Executive director | Bill Hancock |
| Website | Official website |
The College Football Playoff (CFP) is an annual postseason tournament in American college football for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)'s Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). It began with the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Four teams play in two semifinal games, and the winners advance to the College Football Playoff National Championship.
The CFP is the first time the top-level NCAA football championship has been determined by a bracket competition. A 13-member committee selects and seeds the four teams to take part. This differs from the use of polls or computer rankings that had been used to select the participants for the Bowl Championship Series (BCS), FBS college football's title system from 1998 to 2013. The new format is a Plus-One system, an idea which became popular as an alternative to the BCS after the 2003 and 2004 seasons ended in controversy.
The two semifinal games rotate among six major bowl games, referred to as the New Year's Six, representing six of the ten oldest bowls, with a long history of pitting only the very best teams in the country against each other: the Rose, Sugar, Orange, Cotton, Fiesta, and Peach. The semifinals are scheduled mainly for the final Saturday or Friday of the year, or on New Year's Day. The championship is played on the first Monday that is six or more days after the semifinals. The championship game's venue is selected based on bids submitted by cities, similar to the Super Bowl or NCAA Final Four. The winner is awarded the College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy. Playoff officials commissioned a new trophy that was unconnected with the previous championship systems (such as the AFCA "crystal football" trophy which had been regularly presented after the championship game since the 1990s).
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