The College Football Playoff will go to a more straightforward way of filling the bracket next season, placing teams strictly on where they are ranked instead of moving pieces around to reward confere...

The switch approved Thursday is strictly for the upcoming fall: The 12 playoff participants will be seeded based on their final ranking by the selection committee.

Clemson would have remained the No. 12 seed after winning the ACC because the selection committee ranked the Tigers at No. 16.