The College Football Playoff committee set its 12-Team Playoff on Sunday and from the Big 12 Conference, the Arizona State Sun Devils were rewarded with the No. 4 seed.
The Sun Devils crushed Iowa State in the Big 12 Championship 45-19 on Saturday in Arlington, Texas, in their first season in the Big 12. In the preseason, the Sun Devils were picked to finish last in the conference, but led by star running back Cam Skattebo, Arizona State shocked all of college football this season.
The Big 12 Conference only got one team into the College Football Playoff due to the parity across the league that saw four teams finish 7-2 in a tie for first place in the conference. Arizona State and Iowa State reached the Big 12 Championship Game thanks to tiebreakers.
The No. 1 seed is Oregon, the No. 2 seed is Georgia and the No. 3 seed is Boise State.
Arizona State will play the winner of No. 5 Texas and No. 12 Clemson in the quarterfinals in the Peach Bowl.
College Football Playoff History and New Rules
The College Football Playoff has been around since the 2014 season, but this is the first year it has a 12-Team field. It was previously a 4-team field.
Here’s what you need to know:
- The five conference champions ranked highest by the selection committee are in automatically
- The remaining seven teams in the 12-team field will be the next seven highest-ranked teams
- Four of these automatic qualifiers get byes into the quarterfinals and are seeded Nos. 1-4. The fifth-highest-ranked conference champion will be seeded where it was ranked or at No. 12 if it is outside the top 12 rankings
- The teams seeded No. 5-12 will play in the first round, with the higher seeds hosting (No. 12 at No. 5, No. 11 at No. 6, No. 10 at No. 7 and No. 9 at No. 8.)
