College Football Playoff Bracket Schedule Scores Rankings

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-Jan 7, 2026, 4:56 AM

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Here's the 2025-26 College Football Playoff bracket. The semifinals are set. BRACKET GAME: Check your picks in the College Football Bracket Challenge Game The semifinal games are on Thursday, Jan. 8 and Friday, Jan. 9 before the national championship on Monday, Jan.

19. This bracket uses the CFP selection committee's final top 25 rankings of the season from Sunday, Dec. 7. Click or tap here for an interactive bracket. College Football Playoff bracket: Updated schedule, results, scores for 2025 CFP quarterfinals originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

For the third time in the College Football Playoffs, a lower-seeded team has advanced. No. 10 seed Miami upset No. 2 seed Ohio State 24-14 in the Cotton Bowl on Friday night, meaning there will be a new national champion this year. Saturday's quarterfinals will pit No. 1 Indiana vs.

No. 9 Alabama at the Rose Bowl, No. 4 Texas Tech vs. No. 5 Oregon at the Orange Bowl and No. 3 Georgia vs.

No. 6 Ole Miss at the Sugar Bowl. The Sporting News had a full breakdown of the updated CFP bracket, including the playoff schedule and how to watch the games. The 2025 college football season began with 136 FBS programs dreaming of a chance at championship glory. After months of shocking upsets, heated rivalries and a flurry of coach firings, the postseason is here, and the first two rounds have come and gone. Just four teams remain in the hunt to claim a national championship in the second edition of the College Football Playoff 12-team bracket.

The quarterfinal round of the 2025 playoff began with No. 10 Miami taking down the defending champion No. 2 Ohio State 24–14 in the Cotton Bowl. Then, on New Year’s Day, No. 5 Oregon blanked No. 4 Texas Tech 23–0 in the Orange Bowl, and No.

1 Indiana advanced to the College Football Playoff semifinals with a 38–3 rout of No. 9 Alabama. The Sugar Bowl ended up being a classic between two SEC programs, as No. 6 Ole Miss outlasted No. 3 Georgia 39–34 to punch its ticket to the Fiesta Bowl. As the 2025 College Football Playoff continues into January, here’s a look at the final CFP rankings and the updated bracket and schedule.

The race to the national championship in Miami Gardens nears its conclusion: The College Football Playoff selection committee announced the final rankings Dec. 7 on the CFP Selection Show. Here they are: (Note: Teams in bold were selected to the 12-team playoff.) The College Football Playoff 12-team field is set.

On Sunday, Dec. 7, the CFP selection committee revealed the teams in the 2025-26 CFP after the conclusion of the conference championship games on Friday, Dec. 5 and Saturday, Dec. 6. To no surprise, Indiana earned the No. 1 overall seed following a win over the defending national champion Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game.

The Buckeyes slipped one spot to No. 2, while Georgia and Texas Tech finished third and fourth respectively, also earning first-round bye. A new change from last year's CFP format this year allowed the Buckeyes to earn a first-round bye, despite not winning their conference. The CFP instead went straight to seeding while allowing entry to the five highest-ranked conference champions. The Red Raiders earned a first-round bye with a 34-7 win over BYU in the Big 12 Championship, while the Bullogs did the same with a dominant 28-7 win over Alabama in the SEC... A post shared by Austin American-Statesman (@statesman)

The College Football Playoff has officially been rocked. After upsetting Texas A&M football in the opening round, Miami destroyed Ohio State, 24-14, in a Cotton Bowl matchup it never trailed. Indiana dismantled Alabama 38-3 at the Rose Bowl. Indiana head football coach Curt Cignetti (left) meets with Oregon head football coach Dan Lanning at midfield following a game Oct. 11, 2025 at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore. Miami's Carson Beck (11) and Jakobe Thomas (8) celebrate with the trophy after defeating Ohio State, 24-14, in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Cotton Bowl at AT&T Stadium on Wednesday, Dec.

31, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. The College Football Playoff Bracket for the 2025 season was unveiled by the selection committee on Sunday, Dec. 7. The 2025 season will be the second for the College Football Playoff (CFP) with a 12-team format, which began with the First Round games on campus on Friday, Dec. 19 and Saturday, Dec. 20.

The College Football Playoff quarterfinals began on New Year’s Eve (Wednesday, Dec. 31) with the Goodyear Cotton Bowl. Quarterfinal round action continued on New Year’s Day, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, with games at the Capital One Orange Bowl, Rose Bowl Game, and Allstate Sugar Bowl. The College Football Playoff Semifinals will be played at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl on Thursday, Jan. 8, and at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl on Friday, Jan.

9. The College Football National Championship is slated for Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. Printable College Football Playoff Bracket

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