The NFL playoffs expanded prior to the 2020 season ... 5-7 spots will come via wild cards. The top seed in both the AFC and the NFC will get a first-round bye, with the other matchups proceeding ...

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which features 12 of the 14 NFL playoff teams (seeds 2-7 in each conference). The Wild Card Round starts one week after the regular season ends (Week 18). The Wild Card Round, also known as Super ...

Currently, the College Football Playoff awards byes to the four highest ranked conference champions. It’s how Boise State and ...

The problem with it is a team like Boise State or Arizona State leapfrogged to one of the highest seeds in the playoff, despite being one of the lowest ranked teams in the top 12 rankings.

The 12 team playoff is an improvement. But the seeding is garbage and needs to be fixed. Oregon, the number one seed, has a path to the title of the Ohio State-Tennessee winner in the Rose Bowl ...

Coming out of the first season of the expanded College Football Playoff, much of the discourse centered on seeding and how some teams — namely top-ranked Oregon — received less than favorable ...

Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions looked primed for a deep playoff run this past season after claiming the No. 1 seed in the ...

Still, the team improved by four games from the 2023-24 season and was at least in the NFL playoff conversation for ... heads into WAC Tournament as No. 2 seed after OT loss Arizona State falls ...