Betting On The College Football Playoffs And Bowl Games

Toward the last few weeks of the regular college football season, the CFP Selection Committee will meet at scheduled intervals to determine their top 25 rankings. After the conference championship games have been completed in mid-December, the selection committee will announce the top twelve teams that will compete for the CFP National Title. The first round will be hosted by seeds 5 through 8 against the teams seeded 9 through 12.

The New Year's Six Bowls (Orange, Sugar, Rose, Peach, Fiesta, Cotton) serve as the rotating hosts for the CFP Quarterfinals and CFP Semifinals, with the final game happening at NFL venues. All other postseason college football bowl matchups are determined by each individual bowl game committee. Most bowl games feature attachments to certain conferences. For instance, the Citrus Bowl typically features a matchup between a Big Ten and an SEC school.

The larger bowl games that involve higher-ranked teams extend invitations to teams first, with the lower bowls following afterward once they know what colleges are available to them. Teams have the right to decline a bowl offer and opt for another game. Postseason college football bowl games have no effect on the national championship picture unless they are a part of the CFP semifinals or title game.