The College Football Playoff has announced their rankings release schedule for the 2024 college football season, which marks the first year of the 12-team playoff.
The first rankings of the 2024 season will be released by the College Football Playoff (CFP) Selection Committee on Tuesday, Nov. 5, which also happens to be Election Day in the United States. The rankings will be revealed live on ESPN beginning at 7:00pm ET.
CFP rankings will then be released every Tuesday in November up through the penultimate rankings on Tuesday, Dec. 3.
On Sunday, Dec. 8 beginning at noon ET, the CFP Selection Committee will unveil the top four playoff seeds and the full 12-team playoff bracket pairings and game sites. The final set of rankings will also be released on Dec. 8 and ESPN will have the coverage through 4:00pm ET.
“It is always great to get everyone together before the season starts to welcome our new members and review our procedures in detail,” said Warde Manuel, Athletics Director at the University of Michigan, who will be serving his first year as committee chair. “The work of the College Football Playoff selection committee has a solid foundation with its processes and protocols, and the committee members are looking forward to ranking the top 25 teams this season as we kick off the first year of the 12-team format.”
Below is the complete schedule for the release of the College Football Playoff rankings for the 2024 season (all times Eastern):
- Tuesday, Nov. 5 – 7-8pm ET
- Tuesday, Nov. 12 – 9-9:30pm ET*
- Tuesday, Nov. 19 – 7-8pm ET
- Tuesday, Nov. 26 – 8-9pm ET
- Tuesday, Dec. 3 – 7-7:30pm ET
- Sunday, Dec. 8 – Noon-4pm ET
*Approximate start time will be 9 p.m. ET live between games of the State Farm Champions Classic college basketball double-header at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
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November is a LOOOONNGGG wait. I don’t see why this can’t start in mid-October. We’ll just be stuck with dueling coaches polls and AP polls rankings until then
Fan of College Football regular season whether it’s in September, October or November.
I am very satisfied with CFP rankings starting in November.
Dittos, “start in mid-Oktober.”
The Sports Information Directors Poll “coaches” needs to be superseded by the Trust 4 Football Playoff Invitational as early in the season as possible.
The Poll should also be released on Sunday the way the A.P. rankings are released during Football & on Monday during Basketball season.
A Tuesday release gives more time for BCS, LLC “select committee” ranking interference.
I respect Ivan Antonio Nunez & HTK opinions.
Have a safe & happy day Ivan & HTK.
I would be happy if they started November 12th instead of the 5th. The later you start the fairer it is to team that are good but were not expected to be good.
I also wish that the AP and Coaches would stop doing a preseason poll. You can tell that if they think a team is great in the preseason they will not drop that thought usually until the 3rd loss. Example #1 Texas A&M.
Tom I am A Fan of your idea on CFP rankings beginning November 12th & also A Fan of having no preseason poll between AP & Coaches plus College Football is a very unpredictable sport.
2024 College Football season will be very, very interesting.