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Here’s how the College Football Playoff bracket looks based on the CFP selection committee’s third top 25 rankings of the 2025-26 college football season, as announced on Tuesday, Nov. 18.<\/p>\n

This is not the final, official CFP bracket. That won’t be revealed until Sunday, Dec. 7. This bracket is just how it would look now based on the most recent CFP rankings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

2025-26 College Football Playoff bracket<\/p>\n

This bracket uses the third selection committee\u00a0top 25 rankings from Tuesday, Nov. 18<\/a>. There are still two more in-season rankings before the committee’s final rankings \u2014 and the official College Football Playoff bracket \u2014 is revealed on Sunday, Dec. 7.<\/p>\n

The top 25 ranking does not always match the seed in the playoff, as the five highest-ranked conference champions get in automatically, even if they are ranked behind teams in the top 25 or not ranked in the top 25 at all.<\/p>\n

\"Projected<\/p>\n

First Round (and related quarterfinal matchups)<\/p>\n

\tNo. 12 Tulane at No. 5 Texas Tech<\/p>\n

\t\tWinner vs. No. 4 Georgia in the quarterfinals<\/p>\n

\tNo. 9 Notre Dame at No. 8 Oklahoma<\/p>\n

\t\tWinner vs. No. 1\u00a0Ohio State in the quarterfinals<\/p>\n

\tNo. 11 Miami (Fla.)\u00a0at No. 6 Ole Miss<\/p>\n

\t\tWinner vs. No. 3\u00a0Texas A&M in the quarterfinals<\/p>\n

\tNo. 10 Alabama at No. 7 Oregon<\/p>\n

\t\tWinner vs. No. 2\u00a0Indiana in the quarterfinals<\/p>\n

College Football Playoff rankings, seeds<\/p>\n

The four highest-ranked teams \u2014 regardless of how they finish in their conference \u2014 receive first round byes into the quarterfinals. These teams are listed in bold. All teams in the bracket are in italics. The five highest-ranked conference champions receive automatic bids.<\/p>\n

Here are the latest CFP top 25 rankings.<\/p>\n

\tOhio State: 10-0
\n\tIndiana: 11-0
\n\tTexas A&M: 10-0
\n\tGeorgia: 9-1
\n\tTexas Tech: 10-1
\n\tOle Miss: 10-1
\n\tOregon: 9-1
\n\tOklahoma: 8-2
\n\tNotre Dame: 8-2
\n\tAlabama: 8-2
\n\tBYU: 9-1 (first team out)
\n\tUtah: 8-2
\n\tMiami (Fla.): 8-2 (fourth highest-ranked conference champion)
\n\tVanderbilt: 8-2
\n\tUSC: 8-2
\n\tGeorgia Tech: 9-1
\n\tTexas: 7-3
\n\tMichigan: 8-2
\n\tVirginia: 9-2
\n\tTennessee: 7-3
\n\tIllinois: 7-3
\n\tMissouri: 7-3
\n\tHouston: 8-2
\n\tTulane: 8-2 (fifth highest-ranked conference champion)
\n\tArizona State: 7-3<\/p>\n

There is no re-seeding of the bracket.<\/p>\n

The four quarterfinal games are not played on campus sites like in the first round. The quarterfinals, scheduled on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 \u2014 will be played at the Cotton Bowl, Orange Bowl, Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl. The four highest-ranked teams will be assigned one of these bowls in consideration of historic bowl relationships as well as seeding.<\/p>\n

The four quarterfinal winners will then meet in the semifinals at the Fiesta Bowl or the Peach Bowl on Jan. 8 and Jan. 9. If the seeds hold, that means No. 1 would play No. 4 and No. 2 would play No. 3. The two semifinal winners will then play on Monday, Jan. 19 in Miami for the CFP national championship.<\/p>\n

2025-26 College Football Playoff schedule<\/p>\n

\tFirst round (Dec. 19-20) \u2014 on campus<\/p>\n

\t\tFriday, Dec. 19<\/p>\n

\t\t\t8 p.m. ET on ABC, ESPN, WatchESPN<\/p>\n

\t\tSaturday, Dec. 20:<\/p>\n

\t\t\t12 p.m. on ABC, ESPN, WatchESPN
\n\t\t\t3:30 p.m. on TNT, truTV, HBO Max
\n\t\t\t7:30 p.m. on TNT, truTV, HBO Max<\/p>\n

\tQuarterfinals (Dec. 31-Jan. 1)<\/p>\n

\t\tWednesday, Dec. 31<\/p>\n

\t\t\tCotton Bowl (Arlington, Texas)\u00a0| 7:30 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN<\/p>\n

\t\tThursday, Jan. 1<\/p>\n

\t\t\tOrange Bowl (Miami Gardens, Fla.) | 12 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN
\n\t\t\tRose Bowl (Pasadena, Calif.)\u00a0| 4 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN
\n\t\t\tSugar Bowl (New Orleans) | 8 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN<\/p>\n

\tSemifinals (Jan. 8-9)<\/p>\n

\t\tThursday, Jan. 8<\/p>\n

\t\t\tFiesta Bowl (Glendale, Ariz.) | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN<\/p>\n

\t\tFriday, Jan. 9<\/p>\n

\t\t\tPeach Bowl (Atlanta) | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN<\/p>\n

\t\u00a0College Football Playoff\u00a0National Championship Game<\/p>\n

\t\tMonday, Jan. 19<\/p>\n

\t\t\tHard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN<\/p>\n

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