2024-25 School Soccer Playoff bracket revealed: How does the 12-team area shake out?

Let the debates start.

The primary-ever 12-team School Soccer Playoff bracket was revealed on Sunday after an unimaginable slate convention championship video games and some of the attention-grabbing regular-seasons in latest reminiscence.

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Kenyon Sadiq #18 of the Oregon Geese reacts after scoring a landing in the course of the first half of the 2024 Large Ten Soccer Championship sport in opposition to the Penn State Nittany Lions at Lucas Oil Stadium on December 07, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana.  (Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Pictures)

The School Soccer Playoff area was expanded from 4 teammates to 12 earlier than the beginning of the 2024 season. The success of the playoff format, which began in 2024, allowed for the enlargement.

The Oregon Geese, Georgia Bulldogs, Boise State Broncos and Arizona State Solar Devils had been seeded Nos. 1 via 4 and obtained first-round byes into the quarterfinals. 

The Geese gained the Large Ten Championship of their first season within the convention. The Bulldogs topped the Texas Longhorns within the SEC Championship. The Broncos, which Heisman contender Ashton Jeanty, gained the Mountain West Championship over the UNLV Rebels. The Solar Devils topped the Iowa State Cyclones for the Large 12 Championship.

The Clemson Tigers, who upset the SMU Mustangs for the ACC Championship, was given the No. 12 seed.

(L-R) Head coach Rhett Lashlee of the SMU Mustangs and head coach Dabo Swinney of the Clemson Tigers converse earlier than the 2024 ACC Soccer Championship at Financial institution of America Stadium on December 07, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Grant Halverson/Getty Pictures)

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The primary spherical was set as Clemson will tackle No. 5 Texas with the winner enjoying Arizona State. Penn State obtained the No. 6 seed within the bracket and can play No. 11 SMU. The winner will play Boise State.

Notre Dame was given the No. 7 seed and can play No. 10 Indiana. The winner will play Georgia. Ohio State was given the No. 8 seed and can play No. 9 Tennessee. The winner will play Oregon.

The primary-round matchups will likely be performed on the house area of the upper seed. The quarterfinals and semifinals will likely be performed at impartial websites and in a standard bowl sport.

Here is how the schedule will go:

• No. 7 Notre Dame vs. No. 10 Indiana (Dec. 20, 8 p.m. ET)
• No. 6 Penn State vs. No. 11 SMU (Dec. 21, Midday ET)
• No. 5 Texas vs. No. 12 Clemson (Dec. 21, 4 p.m. ET)
• No. 8 Ohio State vs. No. 9 Tennessee (Dec. 21, 8 p.m. ET)
• No 3 Boise State vs. Penn State/SMU (Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. ET)
• No. 4 Arizona State vs. Texas/Clemson (Jan. 1, 1 p.m. ET)
• No. 1 Oregon vs. Ohio State/Tennessee (Jan. 1, 5 p.m. ET)
• No. 2 Georgia vs. Notre Dame/Indiana (Jan. 1, 8:45 p.m. ET)

Alabama was not noted of the bracket with three losses at the same time as the choice committee picked them as one of many final groups into the Playoff final week. Miami, which completed 10-2, was additionally on the surface wanting in.

Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe (4) celebrates his landing run in opposition to Auburn in the course of the second half an NCAA faculty soccer sport, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.  (AP Picture/Vasha Hunt)

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The nationwide championship will likely be performed at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Jan. 20.

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