What would a 24-team College Football Playoff bracket look like?

College football could soon be expanding to a 24-team playoff bracket for the 2027 season. While not all the details are known, the new bracket will double the field by adding one addtional round of games. It will also double the amount of teams who earn a bye. Michigan at Ohio State or Texas at Texas Tech in the second round? It could have happened. ACC champion Duke instead of James Madison? That would have happened. Using the final committee ranking after the 2025 season, here's what a 24-team bracket would look like. Bracket First-round byes No. 1 Indiana (Big Ten champ) No. 2 Ohio State No. 3 Georgia (SEC champ) No. 4 Texas Tech (Big 12 champ) No. 5 Oregon No. 6 Ole Miss No. 7 Texas A&M No. 8 Oklahoma First-round games On campus No. 17 Arizona at No. 16 USC No. 18 Michigan at No. 15 Utah No. 19 Virginia at No. 14 Vanderbilt No. 20 Tulane (G6) at No. 13 Texas No. 21 Houston at No. 12 BYU No. 22 Georgia Tech at No. 11 Notre Dame No. 23 Iowa at No. 10 Miami No. 24 Duke (ACC champ) at No. 9 Alabama Second-round games On campus No. 17 Arizona/No. 16 USC at No. 1 Indiana No. 18 Michigan/No. 15 Utah at No. 2 Ohio State No. 19 Virginia/No. 14 Vanderbilt at No. 3 Georgia No. 20 Tulane (G6)/No. 13 Texas at No. 4 Texas Tech No. 21 Houston/No. 12 BYU at No. 5 Oregon No. 22 Georgia Tech/No. 11 Notre Dame at No. 6 Ole Miss No. 23 Iowa/No. 10 Miami at No. 7 Texas A&M No. 24 Duke/No. 9 Alabama at No. 8 Oklahoma Quarterfinal games At the Goodyear Cotton Bowl, Capital One Orange Bowl, Rose Bowl Presented by Prudential and Allstate Sugar Bowl No. 8 Oklahoma pod vs. No. 1 Indiana pod No. 7 Texas A&M pod vs. No. 2 Ohio State pod No. 6 Ole Miss pod vs. No. 3 Georgia pod No. 5 Oregon pod vs. No. 4 Texas Tech pod