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What are the college football overtime rules for the 2024 playoff? Here's the answer.

Nov 16, 2024; College Park, Maryland, USA; The Maryland Terrapins and Rutgers Scarlet Knights await the result of the coin toss before a game at SECU Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images ORG XMIT: IMAGN-883467 ORIG FILE ID: 20241116_gma_on5_0314.jpg
Nov 16, 2024; College Park, Maryland, USA; The Maryland Terrapins and Rutgers Scarlet Knights await the result of the coin toss before a game at SECU Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images ORG XMIT: IMAGN-883467 ORIG FILE ID: 20241116_gma_on5_0314.jpg

Good news if you follow college football regularly: There's nothing different about the overtime rules in the College Football Playoff.

And if you're here, you might be wondering what the rules are! We have that answer, and it's different than the NFL's OT rules.

Our Tyler Nettuno has the deets: "A coin toss determines who possesses the ball first, and in contrast to the NFL’s philosophy, you want to defer possession so you know whether you need a touchdown or a field goal to win/extend the game."

"Each team begins its possession at the opposing squad’s 25-yard line and attempts to score," he continues. "If neither team scores or the game remains tied following the period, it moves to a second overtime period."

In the second overtime, however, teams must go for two if they score a touchdown.

If it's still tied after two of those overtime periods, the teams go back and forth with two-point conversions to find a winner. There's also no game clock in overtime.

That's it!

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