Oregon's CFP Seeding Sparks Debate Amid Playoff Paths

The expanded 12-team College Football Playoff has been successful in engaging more teams and fans, but it faces criticism for its seeding process. The current format prioritizes conference champions for top seeds, leading to unbalanced brackets where top-ranked teams like Oregon face tougher paths. Critics suggest solutions like eliminating the conference champion requirement for top seeds, re-seeding after the first round, or expanding the bracket to 14 teams. These changes aim to ensure fairer paths for top-ranked teams and simplify the format for fans.