DALLAS — Representatives from Notre Dame and college football's 10 ... The distribution of first-round byes forms the crux of the seeding issue. Under the 12-team playoff format deployed in ...

DALLAS — The format for this year’s College Football Playoff remains in limbo ... model that would eliminate the automatic first-round byes assigned to the four highest-ranked conference ...

The top two seeds in a 14-team format would receive first-round byes, but there would be no byes in a 16-team playoff, according to the current reporting. The current College Football Playoff ...