The fourth College Football Playoff Rankings of the 2025 season have been released by the selection committee, and the Top 5 remains unchanged.
Ohio State remains the top-ranked team for the fourth consecutive week and is again followed by Indiana at No. 2, Texas A&M at No. 3, Georgia at No. 4, and Texas Tech at No. 5.
Oregon moved up one spot to the No. 6 position this week, followed by No. 7 Ole Miss. Oklahoma, Notre Dame, and Alabama are ranked eight, nine, and ten, respectively.
The No. 24 Tulane Green Wave are the highest and only ranked team from a Group of Six conference. Check out the full CFP Top 25 rankings below.
College Football Playoff Rankings
* Released Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025
1. Ohio State
2. Indiana
3. Texas A&M
4. Georgia
5. Texas Tech
6. Oregon
7. Ole Miss
8. Oklahoma
9. Notre Dame
10. Alabama
11. BYU
12. Miami
13. Utah
14. Vanderbilt
15. Michigan
16. Texas
17. USC
18. Virginia
19. Tennessee
20. Arizona State
21. SMU
22. Pittsburgh
23. Georgia Tech
24. Tulane
25. Arizona
Here is a look at what the 12-team College Football Playoff Bracket would look like based on tonight’s rankings:
12-team College Football Playoff Bracket based on tonight's rankings. pic.twitter.com/1fs3la1Yt5
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The College Football Playoff Selection Committee will release its penultimate Top 25 rankings next week on Tuesday, Dec. 2. On Sunday, Dec. 7 at noon ET, the College Football Playoff Selection Committee will announce the 12-team playoff bracket pairings and game sites via the Selection Day show on ESPN.
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Miami is not getting as much credit as they deserve for being tied for fifth in the ACC.
Projected seedings with a Mason-Dixon format (not guaranteeing all P4 champions make it in, but reserving one spot for a G6 champion):
Bowden:
1. Texas A&M
2. Georgia
3. Texas Tech
4. Ole Miss
5. Oklahoma
6. Tulane
First round: Tulane at Texas Tech, Oklahoma at Ole Miss
Byes: Texas A&M (Sugar VS. Oklahoma-Ole Miss winner), Georgia (Orange VS. Tulane-Texas Tech winner)
Osborne:
1. Ohio State
2. Indiana
3. Oregon
4. Notre Dame
5. BYU
6. Utah
First round: Utah at Oregon, BYU at Notre Dame
Byes: Ohio State (Rose VS. BYU-Notre Dame winner), Indiana (Cotton VS. Utah-Oregon winner)
I would be proud if Michigan-Ohio State were to meet in CFP national championship game same thing for Georgia-Florida & even as a Georgia Bulldogs supporter in SEC I want to see Florida Gators rise out of the ashes.
I think the committee is setting up to leave Notre Dame out in favor of Miami. BYU will not stay ranked 11th, they will either win the Big 12 and move up or lose a game and move down. If Alabama wins the SEC, they will also jump ND. This will leave ND at 10th and Miami at 11th, assuming both win this weekend.
The committee would then either note the head to head matchup or its general tendency to include “surprise” teams in the final ranking (as they did in 2014 and 2023). Miami would jump ND in that scenario and the Irish would be left out.
I think Miami and Notre Dame will both be in. Miami has to take care of business and beat Pitt though.
Big 12 & ACC deserves more recognition just like Big Ten & SEC.
Unless Miami gets a lot of help they aren’t the getting in and have no business in the bracket except for brand recognition to get people excited. SMU or Virginia are both the heavily favored 11th seed over Miami if you look at different scenarios.
Miami needs a lot of help to win the ACC and get the 11 seed, but a lot less to get the last at-large and the 10.
BYU will for sure either move up or down. So the only help Miami needs to be right next to Notre Dame is Alabama winning the SEC (obviously Miami needs to beat Pitt, but that isn’t help per se). And once Miami is right next to Notre Dame for the last slot they’ll get it based on head-to-head.
John: Bama is ahead of Miami so I don’t see how Bama winning the SEC helps Miami at all. Miami needs teams in front of them to lose, so OU, Bama, and BYU to br upset this coming weekend. Also to not get jumped so OSU to best Michigan.
I don’t disagree that Miami can be in with some luck. The point was that when the bracket is released weekly they’ve put Miami on there to get people excited because of the brand. They aren’t giving credit where credit is due to Virginia and SMU if you believe they’ll be the ACC champ. Miami has a worse chance of being the 11th seed than Pitt. On a separate note I think Miami and Alabama should be swapped cause I believe Miami is the better team, but that not how they ranked them.
UVa and SMU may move up if they actually become ACC champ, but right now, I don’t see how losing to a 5-6 Baylor team, a 4-loss TCU t,eam and Wake or losing to a 6-5 NCSU and Wake means SMU and UVa are ranked too low. Giving those 2 teams credit for winning the ACC when they haven’t done so yet (and may not do so) makes zero sense.
The 11th seed will be the ACC champ, that’s how this works. SMU and Virginia have relatively easy games. They both win their last game and one of the 2 are in the playoff regardless if they deserve it or not. The point is one of those teams should be projected as the 11th seed. I actually hope and think Miami deserves to be in.