College Football Playoff Rankings, bracket: Arizona State gets No. 4 seed
After beating Iowa State 45-19 in the Big 12 championship on Saturday, the Arizona State Sun Devils were rewarded with a first-round bye in the 2024 College Football Playoff.
That means Kenny Dillingham and his team will get several weeks off to rest, recover and prepare for the winner of the No. 12 vs. No. 5 first-round matchup. That game will be between No. 12 Clemson and No. 5 Texas.
The first-round games will be played at the home stadium of the higher seed, and the quarterfinal games will be played at neutral sites as bowl games. Arizona State's quarterfinal matchup is the Peach Bowl in Atlanta on New Year's Day.
Arizona State (11-2) is one of the best stories in college football. The Sun Devils went 3-9 last season and were picked to finish last in their first season in the Big 12. Against all odds, ASU won the Big 12 and is headed to the playoffs.
The complete 12-team College Football Playoff field was revealed Sunday morning on ESPN. Here is the full bracket:
First Round CFP Games
Friday, Dec. 20
No. 10 Indiana at No. 7 Notre Dame, 6 p.m. MST
Saturday, Dec. 21
No. 11 SMU at No. 6 Penn State, 10 a.m. MST
No. 12 Clemson at No. 5 Texas, 2 p.m. MST
No. 9 Tennessee at No. 8 Ohio State, 6 p.m. MST
Quarterfinal CFP Games
Tuesday, Dec. 31
Fiesta Bowl: Penn State/SMU winner vs. No. 3 Boise State, 5:30 p.m. MST
Wednesday, Jan. 1
Peach Bowl: Clemson/Texas winner vs. No. 4 Arizona State, 11 a.m. MST
Rose Bowl: Tennessee/Ohio State winner vs. No. 1 Oregon, 3 p.m. MST
Sugar Bowl: Indiana/Notre Dame winner vs. No. 2 Georgia, 6:45 p.m. MST
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Ben Sherman has been covering the sports world for most of his journalism career, including 17 years with The Oregonian/OregonLive. One of his favorite memories was covering the 1999 Fiesta Bowl - the first BCS National Championship Game - at Sun Devil Stadium.