The College Football Playoff field is finally set. Indiana grabbed the No. 1 overall seed, three conference champions locked in byes and Miami and Alabama squeezed into the bracket while Notre Dame was left on the outside looking in.
THE 12-TEAM CFP BRACKET IS SET‼️
— ESPN (@espn) December 7, 2025
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2025 College Football Playoff
The top of the bracket played out the way most projections expected after championship weekend. Undefeated Indiana, fresh off a 13-10 win over Ohio State in the Big Ten title game, sits at No. 1 with a 13-0 record. The Buckeyes slid to No. 2 at 12-1, followed by SEC champion Georgia at No. 3 and Big 12 champ Texas Tech at No. 4, all of them earning first-round byes.
Behind them, Oregon is No. 5 after an 11-1 regular season that fell short of a Big Ten title-game berth. Ole Miss is No. 6, Texas A&M comes in at No. 7 and Oklahoma lands at No. 8. Alabama is the 9 seed at 10-3, Miami is 10th at 10-2, Tulane takes the 11 seed and James Madison rounds out the field as the 12 seed.
No. 9 Alabama will visit No. 8 Oklahoma, with the winner earning a showdown against top-seeded Indiana. No. 12 James Madison heads to Autzen Stadium to face No. 5 Oregon, and that winner will move on to play No. 4 Texas Tech. On the other side of the bracket, No. 11 Tulane goes to No. 6 Ole Miss, with the winner drawing No. 3 Georgia in the quarterfinals. The last first-round game is the No. 10 Miami at No. 7 Texas A&M, with a trip to Columbus to face No. 2 Ohio State on the line.
Miami getting in over Notre Dame completes a months-long argument that has dominated the sport. Now it's time to show why the committee got it right.