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College Football Playoff is the post season tournament for the NCAA Division I-Football Bowl Subdivision, which is the highest level of College Football in the USA that is made up of elite universities and colleges and which primarily the NFL and other professional leagues select their players in the annual Draft. It is a 12-team tournament, increased from 4 since the 2024 season, played at the end of the NCAA Division I-Football Bowl Subdivision Season.

Teams are chosen by the CFP Committee which includes guaranteed bids for the top five conference champions in the CFP Rankings, of which the top 4 gets first round byes, and the rest made up of at large bids for the next 7 highest ranked remaining teams.

First Round games are played at the home of the top ranked team, and the remaining rounds are hosted by the historical bowl games called the New Year's Six (the Cotton, Fiesta, Orange, Peach, Rose, and Sugar bowls) on a rotating basis and the National Championship held at a separately determined neutral site.

PLAYOFF ROUNDS	#
2014-2023	4
2024-	12

The following is a list of College Football Playoff games, except the National Championship which can be found above. For the 2014–15 through 2023–24 seasons, the semifinals rotate between the Rose, Sugar, Cotton, Orange, Fiesta, and Peach Bowls, with each hosting a semifinal every third year. A standalone National Championship game is held roughly a week later.

Beginning in the 2024–25 season, the Playoff will expand to twelve teams, with four rounds. The first round will be played on campus sites, the quarterfinals and semifinals rotating among the same six Bowl games, along with the standalone National Championship game.

2024 CHAMPIONS	MOST TITLES
Ohio State Buckeyes (2)	Alabama Crimson Tide (3)

Attendance at the January 2021 National Championship game was limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.