The College Football Playoff committee will release its first rankings of the 2026 season on Tuesday night, and an adjustment to the established criteria is at the center of the initial projected 12-team field.
The committee has announced an enhanced metric called “Strength of Conference Enhancement,” which will put a greater emphasis on the difference in schedule strength within a single conference. For example, if two teams have the same record but Team A has played a tougher in-conference schedule than Team B, the deference would belong to Team
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