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Comment: WP:TOOSOON. Utopes (talk / cont) 19:44, 3 February 2025 (UTC)
- Comment: A case of WP:TOOSOON, lacks significant coverage about the 2025-26 season and playoffs. Dan arndt (talk) 08:14, 29 January 2025 (UTC)
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| 2025–26 College Football Playoff | |
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The 2025–26 College Football Playoff is an upcoming single-elimination postseason tournament that will determine the national champion of the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It will be the 12th edition of the College Football Playoff (CFP).
The playoff bracket's four first-round games will be held on December 19 and 20 at respective campus sites. Those four first-round winners will advance to the quarterfinals to face the top four seeds on December 31 and January 1 at the Cotton Bowl Classic, Orange Bowl, Rose Bowl, and Sugar Bowl. The four quarterfinal winners will advance to the semifinals, held at the Fiesta Bowl on January 8 and Peach Bowl on January 9. The two semi-final winners will face off for the championship in the College Football Playoff National Championship game on January 19 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.[1]
Games
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The tournament is structured as a single-elimination bracket tournament, with 12 teams playing a total of 11 games. The first round features the fifth-highest-ranked conference champion and seven at large bids, seeded based on the final CFP rankings,[2] which were released after conference championship games had been played. The first-round winners advance to face the four highest-ranked conference champions in the quarterfinals.[2] The quarterfinal and semifinal contests utilize six of the 2025–26 NCAA football bowl games. These bowls, commonly known as the New Year's Six,[2] are some of the oldest (and historically, most prestigious) bowl games.
Bracket
[edit]| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship | |||||||||||||||
| Dec. 31 - Cotton Bowl, AT&T Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dec. 19 or 20 - On Campus | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jan. 8 – Fiesta Bowl, State Farm Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jan. 1 - Orange Bowl, Hard Rock Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dec. 19 or 20 - On Campus | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jan. 19 - Hard Rock Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jan. 1 - Rose Bowl, Rose Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dec. 19 or 20 - On Campus | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jan. 9 - Peach Bowl, Mercedes-Benz Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jan. 1 - Sugar Bowl, Caesars Superdome | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dec. 19 or 20 - On Campus | ||||||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Dinch, Heather (August 15, 2022). "Miami to host 2026 College Football Playoff national championship game; Atlanta selected for 2025". ESPN. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
- ^ a b c "How the 12-team College Football Playoff will work: Teams, schedule, bids". NCAA.com. November 27, 2024. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
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