At long last, we are set to learn who will be in College Football Playoff on Sunday, as the 12-team field will be revealed starting at noon ET. It’s the second year the bracket has featured 12 teams, and there are a few things to remember as the bracket is unveiled.<\/p>\n
A year ago, the top four conference champions received automatic byes into the quarterfinals. That system was scrapped for the 2025 season, as it will now simply be the four highest-ranked teams receiving byes. However, the top five highest-ranked conference champions will still receive automatic byes into the field.<\/p>\n
Additionally, teams ranked No. 5-8 will get the advantage of hosting first-round games. Beyond the playoff, Sunday will also bring official announcements on matchups for dozens of bowl games that comprise the backbone of Bowl Season. By day’s end, we’ll have a firm grasp of college football’s full postseason schedule.<\/p>\n
We’ll be tracking all of the developments here as the postseason picture comes into focus.<\/p>\n
Brad Crawford’s bowl projections<\/a>\u00a0| CFP Rankings prediction<\/a> | Experts pick CFP teams 1-12<\/a><\/p>\n College Football Playoff projection<\/p>\n As projected by CBS Sports bowls expert Brad Crawford<\/p>\n Championship game: Jan. 19 —\u00a0Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, Florida QuarterfinalsRose Bowl, Jan. 1: (1) Indiana vs. (8\/9) WinnerCotton Bowl, Jan. 1: (2) Ohio State vs. (7\/10) WinnerOrange Bowl, Jan. 1: (3) Georgia vs. (6\/11) WinnerSugar Bowl, Dec. 31: (4) Texas Tech vs. (5\/12) WinnerFirst round(12) James Madison at (5) Oregon —\u00a0Winner faces (4)\u00a0(9) Notre Dame at (8) Oklahoma — \u00a0\u00a0Winner faces (1)\u00a0(11) Tulane at (6) Ole Miss —\u00a0Winner faces (3)\u00a0
Peach Bowl semifinal: Jan. 9 —\u00a0
Fiesta Bowl semifinal: Jan. 8 —\u00a0<\/p>\n
(10) Alabama at (7) Texas A&M —\u00a0Winner faces (2)\u00a02025 Bowl Games<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At long last, we are set to learn who will be in College Football Playoff on Sunday, as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[169369,169370,1607,169371,169367,169368,169366,169372,99,169373],"class_list":["post-335309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-2025-26-bowl-schedule","tag-2025-26-college-football-bowls","tag-college-football","tag-college-football-bowl-tv-times","tag-college-football-playoff-bracket","tag-college-football-playoff-schedule","tag-college-football-playoff-selection-show","tag-college-football-playoff-tv-times","tag-sports","tag-where-to-watch-where-to-watch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}