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INDIANAPOLIS -- One of the biggest changes this season in the 12-team College Football Playoff is the guarantee that the five highest-ranked conference champions will earn the chance to compete for the national title -- and coaches have realized it also creates an extremely difficult path for any runner-up teams that reach the CFP.
The four highest-ranked conference champions will earn a first-round bye, but if the loser of the league championship game earns one of the at-large bids on Selection Day, that team will have to win four straight games to win the national title and play a total of 17 games.