Current:Home > reviewsCollege Football Playoff bracket: Complete playoff picture after latest rankings -Zenith Money Vision
College Football Playoff bracket: Complete playoff picture after latest rankings
View
Date:2025-04-18 23:24:43
It only took one week for the first College Football Playoff rankings to be completely flipped on its head.
Just a few days after the selection committee set the tone for the rest of the regular season, Georgia was upset by Mississippi and Miami suffered its first loss thanks to Georgia Tech. As a result, the currently projected top 12 teams to make the newly expanded College Football Playoff was shaken up in the second release of rankings. In this week's edition, we see how the automatic byes for conference champions really affected seeding, and who could end up having to play a first-round game on the road.
So what does the playoff look like at the moment? Here's a look at the current bracket heading into Week 12.
College Football Playoff bracket
First round
Higher seed would be home team
- No. 5 Ohio State vs. No. 12 Boise State
- No. 6 Penn State vs. No. 11 Mississippi
- No. 7 Indiana vs. No. 10 Alabama
- No. 8 Tennessee vs. No. 9 Notre Dame
Quarterfinals
- No. 1 Oregon (Big Ten leader) vs. winner of Tennessee/Notre Dame
- No. 4 seed Miami (ACC leader) vs. winner of Ohio State/Boise State
- No. 3 seed Brigham Young (Big 12 leader) vs. winner of Penn State/Mississippi
- No. 2 seed Texas (SEC leader) vs. winner of Tennessee/Notre Dame
College Football Playoff format
The biggest victim of this week's rankings is Georgia. Even though the Bulldogs are ranked No. 12, they wouldn't qualify for the playoff at the moment because Boise State would be the fifth conference champion, and therefore gets an automatic spot into the playoff.
On the other hand, Miami still keeps a first-round bye because they are in position to win the ACC, even though it is coming off a loss. Big Ten teams Ohio State, Penn State and Indiana also fall back on seeding as a result of the Hurricanes and BYU getting the first round byes.
College Football Playoff rankings
- Oregon (10-0)
- Ohio State (8-1)
- Texas (8-1)
- Penn State (8-1)
- Indiana (10-0)
- Brigham Young (9-0)
- Tennessee (8-1)
- Notre Dame (8-1)
- Miami (Fla) (9-1)
- Alabama (7-2)
- Mississippi (8-2)
- Georgia (7-2)
- Boise State (8-1)
- SMU (8-1)
- Texas A&M (7-2)
- Kansas State (7-2)
- Colorado (7-2)
- Washington State (8-1)
- Louisville (6-3)
- Clemson (7-2)
- South Carolina (6-3)
- LSU (6-3)
- Missouri (7-2)
- Army (9-0)
- Tulane (8-2)
veryGood! (1)
Related
- House passes bill to add 66 new federal judgeships, but prospects murky after Biden veto threat
- Michigan State U trustees ban people with concealed gun licenses from bringing them to campus
- Who says money can’t buy happiness? Here’s how much it costs (really) in different cities
- Prominent activist’s son convicted of storming Capitol and invading Senate floor in Jan. 6 riot
- The White House is cracking down on overdraft fees
- IRS targets 1,600 millionaires who owe at least $250,000
- Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis Speak Out About Their Letters Supporting Danny Masterson
- Complex cave rescue looms in Turkey as American Mark Dickey stuck 3,200 feet inside Morca cave
- Taylor Swift Eras Archive site launches on singer's 35th birthday. What is it?
- Violence flares in India’s northeastern state with a history of ethnic clashes and at least 2 died
Ranking
- A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
- Police fatally shoot man who was holding handgun in Idaho field
- Ill worker rescued from reseach station in Antarctica now in a hospital in Australia
- The African Union is joining the G20, a powerful acknowledgement of a continent of 1 billion people
- New Mexico governor seeks funding to recycle fracking water, expand preschool, treat mental health
- Why a nonprofit theater company has made sustainability its mission
- Huawei is releasing a faster phone to compete with Apple. Here's why the U.S. is worried.
- Why a nonprofit theater company has made sustainability its mission
Recommendation
Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people
The Golden Bachelor: Everything You Need to Know
Prominent activist’s son convicted of storming Capitol and invading Senate floor in Jan. 6 riot
A concerned citizen reported a mass killing at a British seaside café. Police found a yoga class.
Romantasy reigns on spicy BookTok: Recommendations from the internet’s favorite genre
These Looks From New York Fashion Week's Spring/Summer 2024 Runways Will Make You Swoon
These Looks From New York Fashion Week's Spring/Summer 2024 Runways Will Make You Swoon
US-backed Kurdish fighters say battles with tribesmen in eastern Syria that killed dozens have ended