Mark SchofieldWed, December 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM UTC·2 min readOne last time, before the rankings that truly matter are released …
The College Football Playoff Selection Committee just unveiled its penultimate set of rankings for the 2025-2026 College Football Playoff, just days before conference championship games begin. Heading into Tuesday, the Committee had several questions they needed to answer. How far would Texas A&M fall after losing to Texas? How far would Texas rise after knocking off the No. 3 team in these rankings from a week ago? What impact, if any, would Lane Kiffin’s departure from Oxford have on Ole Miss? How would the Committee view Miami? Where would they stand on a five-loss Duke team that advanced to the ACC Championship Game? Was the door open for a second Group of 5 team to make the bracket?
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWould the Committee be swayed by Vanderbilt’s presentation?
We now have answers to those questions, and more.
Here are the latest rankings from the College Football Playoff Committee, followed by the hypothetical bracket, and some takeaways.
The latest CFP rankings
1. Ohio State (12-0)2. Indiana (12-0)3. Georgia (11-1)4. Texas Tech (11-1)5. Oregon (11-1)6. Ole Miss (11-1)7. Texas A&M (11-1)8. Oklahoma (10-2)9. Alabama (10-2)10. Notre Dame (10-2)11. BYU (11-1)12. Miami (10-2)13. Texas (9-3)14. Vanderbilt (10-2)15. Utah (10-2)16. USC (9-3)17. Virginia (10-2)18. Arizona (9-3)19. Michigan (9-3)20. Tulane (10-2)21. Houston (9-3)22. Georgia Tech (9-3)23. Iowa (8-4)24. North Texas (11-1)25. James Madison (11-1)
The CFP bracket
Here is the hypothetical College Football Playoff bracket, given these rankings:
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