The College Football Playoff will go to a more straightforward way of filling the bracket next season, announcing Thursday that it will place teams strictly on where they are ranked instead of moving pieces around to reward conference champions.

After last year's 12-team CFP gave byes to the four most highly ranked conference champions, this year's will not.

Clemson would have remained the No. 12 seed after winning the ACC because the selection committee ranked the Tigers at No. 16.