Current:Home > StocksCollege Football Playoff bracket: Complete playoff picture after latest rankings -EliteFunds
College Football Playoff bracket: Complete playoff picture after latest rankings
View
Date:2025-04-18 23:13:18
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! (4186)
Related
- Paula Abdul settles lawsuit with former 'So You Think You Can Dance' co
- Iran fires at apparent Israeli attack drones near Isfahan air base and nuclear site
- Torso and arm believed to be those of missing Milwaukee teen Sade Robinson wash up on beach along Lake Michigan
- Lionel Messi is healthy again. Inter Miami plans to keep him that way for Copa América 2024
- Everything Simone Biles did at the Paris Olympics was amplified. She thrived in the spotlight
- Prosecutor won’t bring charges against Wisconsin lawmaker over fundraising scheme
- What does Meta AI do? The latest upgrade creates images as you type and more.
- Taylor Swift Shades Kim Kardashian on The Tortured Poets Department’s “thanK you aIMee”
- Meet 11-year-old skateboarder Zheng Haohao, the youngest Olympian competing in Paris
- Tsunami possible in Indonesia as Ruang volcano experiences explosive eruption, prompting evacuations
Ranking
- How to watch new prequel series 'Dexter: Original Sin': Premiere date, cast, streaming
- Jackson library to be razed for green space near history museums
- Tori Spelling Calls Out Andy Cohen for Not Casting Her on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
- Tsunami possible in Indonesia as Ruang volcano experiences explosive eruption, prompting evacuations
- Daughter of Utah death row inmate navigates complicated dance of grief and healing before execution
- BNSF Railway says it didn’t know about asbestos that’s killed hundreds in Montana town
- Worker electrocuted while doing maintenance on utility pole in upstate New York
- California court to weigh in on fight over transgender ballot measure proposal language
Recommendation
Intel's stock did something it hasn't done since 2022
Taylor Swift shocker: New album, The Tortured Poets Department, is actually a double album
Five young men shot at gathering in Maryland park
Sophie Kinsella, Shopaholic book series author, reveals aggressive brain cancer
'Meet me at the gate': Watch as widow scatters husband's ashes, BASE jumps into canyon
Bitcoin’s next ‘halving’ is right around the corner. Here’s what you need to know
Celebrate 4/20 with food deals at Wingstop, Popeyes, more. Or sip Snoop Dogg's THC drinks
Coco Gauff vs Caitlin Clark? Tennis star says she would love to go head-to-head vs. Clark