The CFP selection committee is responsible for selecting the top four teams in the playoff and assigning them to semifinal games, as well as ranking the other top 25 teams. The committee meets in-person beginning late in the football season and produces a ranking of the top 25 teams each week leading up to its final selections. The selection committee members are Chris Ault (former head coach and athletics director, University of Nevada), Mitch Barnhart (athletics director, University of Kentucky), Jennifer Cohen (athletics director, University of Washington), Boo Corrigan (chair) (athletics director, North Carolina State University), Chet Gladchuk (athletics director, U.S. Naval Academy), Jim Grobe (former head coach, Ohio University, Wake Forest and Baylor), Warde Manuel (athletics director, University of Michigan), David Sayler (athletics director, Miami University, OH), Will Shields (former All-American offensive lineman, University of Nebraska), Gene Taylor (athletics director, Kansas State University), Joe Taylor (Vice President for Athletics and Community Wellness, Virginia Union University), Rod West (group president Entergy Corporation and former linebacker at the University of Notre Dame), Kelly Whiteside (associate professor in Sports Media and Journalism, Montclair State University; longtime sportswriter, USA Today, Sports Illustrated and Newsday).
For additional information on the selection committee and its weekly rankings, and to view the selection committee protocol in its entirety, please visit
CollegeFootballPlayoff.com.
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About the College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff matches the No. 1 ranked team vs. No. 4, and No. 2 vs. No. 3 in semifinal games that rotate annually among six bowl games – the Goodyear Cotton Bowl, Vrbo Fiesta Bowl, Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, Capital One Orange Bowl, Allstate Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowl Game. This season’s Playoff Semifinals will take place Monday, January 1, 2024, at the Allstate Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowl Game. Houston will host the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday, January 8, 2024, at NRG Stadium.
