2025 CFP rankings: 12-team playoff field set

After a bunch of drama surrounding Notre Dame and Miami, The 2025 College Football Playoff field is set! Here is the full 12-team bracket:

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What is the story about?

The final College Football Playoff rankings were released Sunday afternoon. Although complete chaos did not ensue over conference championship weekend, the 2025 CFP field will set a new precedent — once again at the expense of the ACC.

In 2023, the ACC became the first conference to have an undefeated conference champion (Florida State) left out of the four-team format. Now, the ACC has become the first Power 4 conference to have been excluded from the 12-team format.

With Duke’s upset victory over

Virginia on Saturday night, two Group of Six teams found their way into the 12-team field. No. 24 James Madison earned the 12-seed as the Sun Belt champion, and No. 20 Tulane secured the 11-seed as the AAC champion. Ahead of these two Cinderella-hopefuls, the committee mostly stuck to their guns from last week’s rankings.

The only controversy that came into effect was Miami usurping Notre Dame for the final at-large spot at No. 10. Ahead of that, outside of the top two, the next seven positions were identical to last week — Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Oregon, Texas Tech and Georgia — with only the third-ranked SEC champion, Georgia, and fourth-ranked Big 12 champion, Texas Tech, active.

Despite falling in the Big Ten Championship, No. 2 Ohio State remains the FanDuel betting favorite to win the national championship, although the Hoosiers — the new top seed — have closed the gap.

Michigan moves up a spot, heading to the Citrus Bowl

After an idle week, the Michigan Wolverines moved up to No. 18 in the rankings after Virginia lost to Duke in the ACC Championship. The Wolverines are heading to the Citrus Bowl and will likely face No. 13 Texas in a clash of blue bloods. In what was a disappointing season for both teams — the Longhorns were the preseason No. 1 team — Michigan will look to build momentum with its young core heading into year three under head coach Sherrone Moore. Here are the official FanDuel odds for the CFP and bowl season.