The College Football Playoff will use a more straightforward way of filling the bracket next season, placing teams strictly on where they are ranked.

A change in the 12-team seeding format has been approved by the CFP's management committee, which is comprised of 10 FBS commissioners along with Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua.

When the College Football Playoff adopted the 12-team format, one of the ways to reward winning a conference title was to give the top four conference champs an automatic bye into the quarterfinals.