Selection Sunday is finally here. With the 2024 regular season and conference championship games wrapped-up, we finally get to learn which teams make the first ever 12-team College Football Playoff and how the bracket shakes out. Here's how you can watch the reveal of the bracket...
What channel is the 12-team College Football Playoff Selection Show on?
The Selection Show for the first ever 12-team College Football Playoff will be broadcast on ESPN. You can also watch the Selection Show through streaming on the ESPN app.
What time is the 12-team College Football Playoff Selection Show?
The Selection Show is set to air at 12:00 PM ET on Sunday, December 8. The show is scheduled to run for four hours until 4:00 PM ET. The reveal of the rankings and 12-team bracket will come early in the show. Over the remainder of the broadcast, the ESPN crew will react to those rankings, discuss the upcoming matchups in the playoff, and reveal the full schedule for the playoff.
What to watch for in the 12-team College Football Playoff Selection Show
What are the big storylines to watch for during Sunday's Selection Show?
Will it be Alabama or SMU?
It's the biggest debate by far and the lone major storyline entering Selection Sunday. Should 11-2 SMU, that lost in the ACC Championship 34-31 on a last-second field, drop all the way out of the field in favor of 9-3 Alabama? The Tide own some impressive wins, including beating SEC champion Georgia, that SMU simply does not come close to having. But their losses stick out like a sore thumb. We may learn a lot about the future of the playoff based on this choice alone.
Does Arizona State or Clemson get the final first round bye?
A first round bye is viewed as everything in the 12-team playoff, but there's only four byes to go around between five conference champs. Oregon, Georgia, and Boise State have locked-up byes. Arizona State and Clemson both picked up impressive wins. ASU destroyed a ranked Iowa State and was already ahead of Clemson. But SMU was ranked much higher than ISU. Does Clemson's win count for more, and is it enough to jump the Sun Devils?
How far do conference championship game losers that are safely in the playoff fall?
Both Texas and Penn State entered this weekend safely in the playoff regardless of what happened in their respective championship games. But after both suffered competitive losses, how far do they fall in the rankings? Should Texas, who does not own a ranked win, still be high enough to host a first round game? Does Penn State fall behind the likes of Notre Dame and Ohio State, neither of whom played this weekend? While these squads don't have to sweat making the playoff, seeding matters.