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Here's how the 2025-26 College Football Playoff bracket looks, using the CFP selection committee's fourth top 25 rankings as announced on Tuesday, Nov. 25.
This is not the final, official CFP bracket, which won't be revealed until Sunday, Dec. 7. The bracket below is just how the CFP bracket would look based on the most recent CFP rankings.
2025-26 College Football Playoff bracketThis bracket uses the fourth selection committee top 25 rankings from Tuesday, Nov. 25. There is still one more in-season rankings release before the committee's final rankings — and the official College Football Playoff bracket — is revealed on Sunday, Dec. 7.
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.

First Round (and related quarterfinal matchups)
No. 12 Tulane at No. 5 Texas Tech
Winner vs. No. 4 Georgia in the quarterfinals
No. 9 Notre Dame at No. 8 Oklahoma
Winner vs. No. 1 Ohio State in the quarterfinals
No. 11 Miami (Fla.) at No. 6 Oregon
Winner vs. No. 3 Texas A&M in the quarterfinals
No. 10 Alabama at No. 7 Ole Miss
Winner vs. No. 2 Indiana in the quarterfinals
College Football Playoff rankings, seedsThe four highest-ranked teams — regardless of how they finish in their conference — 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.
Here are the latest CFP top 25 rankings.
Ohio State: 11-0
Indiana: 11-0
Texas A&M: 11-0
Georgia: 10-1
Texas Tech: 10-1
Oregon: 10-1
Ole Miss: 10-1
Oklahoma: 9-2
Notre Dame: 9-2
Alabama: 9-2
BYU: 10-1 (first team out)
Miami (Fla.): 9-2 (fourth highest-ranked conference champion)
Utah: 9-2
Vanderbilt: 9-2
Michigan: 9-2
Texas: 8-3
USC: 8-3
Virginia: 9-2
Tennessee: 8-3
Arizona State: 8-3
SMU: 8-3
Pitt: 8-3
Georgia Tech: 9-2
Tulane: 9-2 (fifth highest-ranked conference champion)
Arizona: 8-3
There is no re-seeding of the bracket after rounds.
The four quarterfinal games are not played on campus sites like in the first round. The quarterfinals, scheduled on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 — 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.
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.
2025-26 College Football Playoff scheduleFirst round (Dec. 19-20) — on campus
Friday, Dec. 19
8 p.m. ET on ABC, ESPN, WatchESPN
Saturday, Dec. 20:
12 p.m. on ABC, ESPN, WatchESPN
3:30 p.m. on TNT, truTV, HBO Max
7:30 p.m. on TNT, truTV, HBO Max
Quarterfinals (Dec. 31-Jan. 1)
Wednesday, Dec. 31
Cotton Bowl (Arlington, Texas) | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN
Thursday, Jan. 1
Orange Bowl (Miami Gardens, Fla.) | 12 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN
Rose Bowl (Pasadena, Calif.) | 4 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN
Sugar Bowl (New Orleans) | 8 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN
Semifinals (Jan. 8-9)
Thursday, Jan. 8
Fiesta Bowl (Glendale, Ariz.) | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN
Friday, Jan. 9
Peach Bowl (Atlanta) | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN
College Football Playoff National Championship Game
Monday, Jan. 19
Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN