{"id":665336,"date":"2026-01-09T02:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T02:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/665336\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T02:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T02:46:16","slug":"college-football-playoff-bracket-semifinals-field-scores-and-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/665336\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Playoff bracket: Semifinals field, scores and schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Only four teams remain standing in the race for the national championship. The College Football<\/a> Playoff pits those squads against each other in semifinal action this week when No. 6 Ole Miss clashes with No. 10 Miami<\/a> in the Fiesta Bowl and No. 1 Indiana<\/a> battles No. 5 Oregon<\/a> in the Peach Bowl. Those Thursday and Friday contests are set to determine the two squads that will play for the CFP National Championship.<\/p>\n

From a war between two underdogs to a showdown featuring the potential top two quarterbacks in the 2026 NFL Draft<\/a>, these semifinals are destined to deliver ample theatrics. Will Miami move one step closer to returning to glory? Can Ole Miss continue the hot start to the Pete Golding era? Only one will prevail in Thursday’s bout. Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza<\/a> then meets Dante Moore<\/a> again in a compelling rematch on Friday.<\/p>\n

Both the Ducks and Hoosiers advanced to the penultimate round by way of convincing victories. Their blowout wins over No. 4 Texas Tech<\/a> and No. 9 Alabama, respectively, made them appear as the top two contenders to win the championship. On the other side of the bracket, the Rebels and Hurricanes both toppled blue-blood opponents in the previous round and planted their flag as worthy title hopefuls.<\/p>\n

There is a lot of new blood left in the bracket. Oregon is the only team of the bunch to have played in the national semifinals. Indiana, like Oregon, is in search of its first national championship, while Ole Miss has yet to win a title outright and Miami is in the midst of a more than two-decade drought.<\/p>\n

Below, you’ll find all the viewing information for every game all the way through to the CFP National Championship.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n 2025-26 College Football Playoff bracket<\/p>\n

All times Eastern<\/p>\n

First round<\/p>\n

Friday, Dec. 19<\/p>\n

(9) Alabama<\/a>\u00a034, (8) Oklahoma<\/a>\u00a024 | Recap<\/a>
Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium — Norman, Oklahoma\u00a0<\/p>\n

Saturday, Dec. 20<\/p>\n

Quarterfinals<\/p>\n

Wednesday, Dec. 31<\/p>\n

Cotton Bowl — (10) Miami 24, (2) Ohio State<\/a> 14\u00a0|\u00a0Recap<\/a>
AT&T Stadium — Arlington, Texas<\/p>\n

Thursday, Jan. 1<\/p>\n

Orange Bowl — (5) Oregon 23,\u00a0(4) Texas Tech 0\u00a0| Recap<\/a>
Hard Rock Stadium — Miami Gardens, Fla.\u00a0Rose Bowl — (1) Indiana 38, (9) Alabama 3\u00a0| Recap<\/a>
Rose Bowl — Pasadena, Calif.Sugar Bowl — (6) Ole Miss 39, (3) Georgia<\/a> 34\u00a0| Recap<\/a>
Caesars<\/a> Superdome — New OrleansSemifinals<\/p>\n

Thursday, Jan. 8<\/p>\n

Fiesta Bowl: (6) Ole Miss vs. (10) Miami | LIVE updates<\/a>
State Farm Stadium — Glendale, Ariz.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Friday, Jan. 9<\/p>\n

Peach Bowl: (1) Indiana vs. (5) Oregon —\u00a07:30 p.m.\u00a0| ESPN | Predictions, preview<\/a>
Mercedes-Benz Stadium — AtlantaCollege Football Playoff National Championship<\/p>\n

Monday, Jan. 20<\/p>\n

7:30 p.m.\u00a0| ESPN
Hard Rock Stadium — Miami Gardens, Fla.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Images Only four teams remain standing in the race for the national championship. The College Football Playoff…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[930,331,332,80740,91213,91214,91212,6446,3619,7,450,4725,21207,26726,49,48,69,1787,7207,575,7212,4721,4711],"class_list":["post-665336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-alabama-crimson-tide","tag-college-football","tag-college-football-playoff","tag-college-football-playoff-bracket","tag-college-football-playoff-dates","tag-college-football-playoff-locations","tag-college-football-playoff-scores","tag-dante-moore","tag-fernando-mendoza","tag-football","tag-georgia-bulldogs","tag-indiana-hoosiers","tag-james-madison-dukes","tag-miami-fla-hurricanes","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-oklahoma-sooners","tag-ole-miss-rebels","tag-oregon-ducks","tag-texas-am-aggies","tag-texas-tech-red-raiders","tag-tulane-green-wave"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}