The College Football Playoff system is adapting. After a year that saw first-round and quarterfinal games turn into mismatches because weaker conference champions were awarded byes, the CFP will award the four top seeds a pass into the next round.

The College Football Playoff is moving to a straight seeding model. CFP executives on Thursday approved a change to how teams are seeded in the 12-team field, voting unanimously to place teams based directly on the selection committee’s rankings and not by conference championships,