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College Football Playoff bracket, schedule, scores, rankings
Here's the 2025-26 College Football Playoff bracket. The quarterfinals are Wednesday, Dec. 31 and Thursday, Jan. 1.
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Indiana is the No. 1 seed. No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Georgia and No. 4 Texas Tech also had byes into the quarterfinals.
This bracket uses the CFP selection committee's final top 25 rankings of the season from 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.
College Football Playoff: Biggest storylines to watch in this week's quarterfinal games
The College Football Playoff quarterfinals kick off on New Year’s Eve, as the best eight remaining teams in the country square off to determine a national champion.
After the first round featured games on home fields, the action now shifts to neutral sites. The four quarterfinal games will take place at the Cotton Bowl, Orange Bowl, Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl.
Let’s dive into what to expect from all the action.
The Hurricanes enter this game as a first-round winner after surviving a 10-3 defensive struggle against Texas A&M. The Buckeyes have been one of the best teams in the country all season, losing only once (and not until the Big Ten title game).
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Paul Finebaum sees a narrow path for Miami to beat Ohio State. (1:07)
A rematch of one of the most contentious national title games of the 2000s (Miami-Ohio State). A rematch of a fun October track meet (Georgia-Ole Miss). A battle between new-ish money (Oregon) and new money (Texas Tech). A classic matchup between a proven, unbeaten powerhouse (Indiana) and a scrappy close-game-winning underdog (Alabama, somehow).
The quarterfinals of the College Football Playoff kick off Wednesday evening in Arlington, Texas, and they feature something for everyone. They could produce semifinals between four of the sport's biggest brands or they could give us a huge dose of new-brand energy. They should give us at least a couple of classics.
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