Championship weekend is over, and we are mere hours from official College Football Playoff rankings and bowl announcements. Arizona State , Georgia , Clemson and Oregon won Power 4 league titles a day after Boise State and Army claimed conference crowns on Friday night. So, how did the latest results impact the CFP and bowl matchups? In the new, expanded 12-team playoff , the five highest-ranked conference champions will make the field along with the next seven highest-ranked teams. The four highest-ranked conference champions will be awarded first-round byes, with the other eight teams meeting at the campus sites of the Nos. 5-8 seeds. From there, the quarterfinals and semifinals will be played in what had been the New Year's Six bowls, with this season's national championship game scheduled for Jan. 20 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. All of that is just the tip of the iceberg, though. Apart from the playoff is the 36-game slate of bowls, from the Cricket Celebration Bowl on Dec. 14 to the Bahamas Bowl on Jan. 4.
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