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Throughout the 2025-26 College Football Playoff season, we’ll have six weekly playoff rankings shows where the committee’s top 25 will be announced, starting on Tuesday, Nov. 4. The sixth and last rankings will be revealed on Sunday, Dec. 7.

Check out the full schedule and final rankings below.

2025-26 College Football Playoff rankings: Release schedule, dates

Here’s the schedule for the CFP top 25 announcements. All times ET and announcements will be made on ESPN.

8-8:45 p.m. ET | Tuesday, Nov. 4
7-8 p.m. ET | Tuesday, Nov. 11
8:30-9 p.m. ET | Tuesday, Nov. 18
7-8 p.m. ET | Tuesday, Nov. 25
7-7:30 p.m. ET | Tuesday, Dec. 2
12-3 p.m. ET | Sunday, Dec. 7 (Selection Day)

Here were the final rankings in the 2024 season, announced on Sunday, Dec. 8

RANK
SCHOOL
RECORD
PREVIOUS

1
Oregon
13-0
1

2
Georgia
11-2
5

3
Texas
11-2
2

4
Penn State
11-2
3

5
Notre Dame
11-1
4

6
Ohio State
10-2
6

7
Tennessee
10-2
7

8
Indiana
11-1
9

9
Boise State
12-1
10

10
SMU
11-2
8

11
Alabama
9-3
11

12
Arizona State
11-2
15

13
Miami
10-2
12

14
Ole Miss
9-3
13

15
South Carolina
9-3
14

16
Clemson
10-3
17

17
BYU
10-2
18

18
Iowa State
10-3
16

19
Missouri
9-3
19

20
Illinois
9-3
21

21
Syracuse
9-3
22

22
Army
11-1
24

23
Colorado
9-3
23

24
UNLV
10-3
20

25
Memphis
10-2
25

College Football Playoff: Rankings, history

In 2014, Mississippi State became the first team to rank No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings. Here’s the list of all No. 1 teams in the CFP rankings.

2014

Week 10: Mississippi State
Week 11: Mississippi State
Week 12: Mississippi State
Week 13: Alabama
Week 14: Alabama
Week 15: Alabama
Week 16 (Final): Alabama (Oregon, Florida State and Ohio State also make the CFP)

2015

Week 9: Clemson
Week 10: Clemson
Week 11: Clemson
Week 12: Clemson
Week 13: Clemson
Week 14: Clemson (Alabama, Michigan State and Oklahoma also make the CFP)

2016

Week 9: Alabama
Week 10: Alabama
Week 11: Alabama
Week 12: Alabama
Week 13: Alabama
Week 14: Alabama (Clemson, Ohio State and Washington also make the CFP)

2017

Week 9: Georgia
Week 10: Georgia
Week 11: Alabama
Week 12: Alabama
Week 13: Clemson
Week 14: Clemson (Oklahoma, Georgia and Alabama also make the CFP)

2018

Week 9: Alabama
Week 10: Alabama
Week 11: Alabama
Week 12: Alabama
Week 13: Alabama
Week 14: Alabama (Clemson, Notre Dame and Oklahoma also make the CFP)

2019

Week 10: Ohio State
Week 11: LSU
Week 12: LSU
Week 13: Ohio State
Week 14: Ohio State
Week 15: LSU (Ohio State, Clemson and Oklahoma also make the CFP)

2020

Week 13: Alabama
Week 14: Alabama
Week 15: Alabama
Week 16: Alabama
Week 17: Alabama (Clemson, Ohio State and Notre Dame also make the CFP)

2021

Week 10: Georgia
Week 11: Georgia
Week 12: Georgia
Week 13: Georgia
Week 14: Georgia
Week 15: Alabama (Michigan, Georgia and Cincinnati also make the CFP)

2022

Week 9: Tennessee
Week 10: Georgia
Week 11: Georgia
Week 12: Georgia
Week 13: Georgia
Week 14: Georgia (Michigan, TCU and Ohio State also make the CFP)

2023

Week 10: Ohio State 
Week 11: Ohio State 
Week 12: Georgia 
Week 13: Georgia 
Week 14: Georgia
Week 15: Michigan (Washington, Texas and Alabama also make the CFP)

2024

Week 10: Oregon
Week 11: Oregon 
Week 12: Oregon 
Week 13: Oregon 
Week 14: Oregon
Week 15: Oregon (Georgia, Boise State, Arizona State, Texas, Penn State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Tennessee, Indiana, SMU and Clemson)

College Football Playoff: Results

2014 season

Rose Bowl: No. 2 Oregon 59, No. 3 Florida State 20
Sugar Bowl: No. 4 Ohio State 42, No. 1 Alabama 35
CFP National Championship Game: No. 4 Ohio State 42, No. 2 Oregon 20

2015 season

Orange Bowl: No. 1 Clemson 37, No. 4 Oklahoma 17
Cotton Bowl: No. 2 Alabama 38, No. 3 Michigan State 0
CFP National Championship Game: No. 2 Alabama 45, No. 1 Clemson 40

2016 season

Fiesta Bowl: No. 2 Clemson 31, No. 3 Ohio State 0
Peach Bowl: No. 1 Alabama 24, No. 4 Washington 7
CFP National Championship Game: No. 2 Clemson 35, No. 1 Alabama 31

RANKINGS: All major college football polls

2017 season

Rose Bowl: No. 3 Georgia 54, No. 2 Oklahoma 48 (2OT)
Sugar Bowl: No. 4 Alabama 24, No. 1 Clemson 6
CFP National Championship Game: No. 4 Alabama 26, No. 3 Georgia 23 (OT)

2018 season

Orange Bowl: No. 1 Alabama 45, No. 4 Oklahoma 34
Cotton Bowl: No. 2 Clemson 30, No. 3 Notre Dame 3
CFP National Championship Game: No. 2 Clemson 44, No. 1 Alabama 16

2019 season

Peach Bowl: No. 1 LSU 63, No. 4 Oklahoma 28
Fiesta Bowl: No. 3 Clemson 29, No. 2 Ohio State 23
CFP National Championship Game: No. 1 LSU 42, No. 3 Clemson 25

2020 season

Rose Bowl: No. 1 Alabama 31, No. 4 Notre Dame 14
Sugar Bowl: No. 3 Ohio State 49, No. 2 Clemson 28
CFP National Championship Game: No. 1 Alabama 52, No. 3 Ohio State 24

2021 season

Cotton Bowl: No. 1 Alabama 27, No. 4 Cincinnati 6
Orange Bowl: No. 3 Georgia 34, No. 2 Michigan 11
CFP National Championship Game: No. 3 Georgia 33, No. 1 Alabama 18

2022 season

Peach Bowl: No. 1 Georgia 42, No. 4 Ohio State 41
Fiesta Bowl: No. 3 TCU 51, No. 2 Michigan 45
CFP National Championship Game: No. 1 Georgia 65, No. 3 TCU 7

2023 season

Rose Bowl: No. 1 Michigan 27, No. 4 Alabama 20 (OT)
Sugar Bowl: No. 2 Washington 37, No. 3 Texas 31
CFP National Championship Game: No. 1 Michigan 34, No. 2 Washington 13

2024 season

First round (Dec. 20-21)

Quarterfinals (Dec. 31-Jan. 1)

Semifinals (Jan. 9-10)

CFP National Championship

Anthony Chiusano is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts and has been with Turner Sports since 2016. He has covered numerous NCAA championship events, including the FCS Championship and College World Series.

The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of the NCAA or its member institutions.

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