Expanding the College Football Playoff to 24 teams creates pure postseason madness. With first-round byes for the top eight seeds and campus clashes for seeds 9 through 24, we break down every single round and matchup based on the updated CFP rankings. From Ohio State visiting Jake Dickert's Wake Forest to a projected Georgia-Texas national championship brawl, here is the ultimate bracket breakdown.

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