The four best teams in the country, as determined by the College Football Committee, compete in a single-elimination playoff for the national championship. A selection committee hand-picks the bowl matchups with some oversight from conferences and the bowls themselves. Seriously, that’s all it takes (heck, under special circumstances, a 5-7 team can even qualify).īowl games are determined the Sunday after conference championship games are played in early December. So in a typical 12-game season, that means just six wins. Oh, and there are trophies for the winners.Įarning a bid to these bowl games isn’t all that difficult, either.Ī team just needs to have a. The result gets added to a program’s win-loss column for the year - nothing less, nothing more. What’s at stake? Besides a payout to conference (and TV companies airing the game), very little. There are about 40 different bowl games, each with a high-paying title sponsor (e.g. Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl or our favorite, Cheez-It Bowl). Good question! It’s a game after the regular season that sorta counts but really doesn’t. NCAAF postseason is broken up into two parts - bowl games and the College Football Playoff.Īllow us to explain.
