The third set of College Football Playoff Rankings of the 2025 season have been released by the selection committee, which features a new Top 5.
Ohio State remains the top-ranked team for the third consecutive week and is again followed by Indiana at No. 2 and Texas A&M at No. 3. After its win over then No. 10 Texas coupled with Alabama’s loss to Oklahoma, Georgia moved up one spot to No. 4 while Texas Tech moved into the No. 5 spot.
Ole Miss moved up to the No. 6 position this week, followed by No. 7 Oregon. Oklahoma’s win over Alabama propelled the Sooners up three spots to No. 8, and the Top 10 is rounded out by No. 9 Notre Dame and No. 10 Alabama.
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 (Nov. 18)
1. Ohio State
2. Indiana
3. Texas A&M
4. Georgia
5. Texas Tech
6. Ole Miss
7. Oregon
8. Oklahoma
9. Notre Dame
10. Alabama
11. BYU
12. Utah
13. Miami (FL)
14. Vanderbilt
15. USC
16. Georgia Tech
17. Texas
18. Michigan
19. Virginia
20. Tennessee
21. Illinois
22. Missouri
23. Houston
24. Tulane
25. Arizona State
Dropped from rankings: Louisville 20, Iowa 21, Pittsburgh 22, South Florida 24, Cincinnati 25
Here is a look at what the 12-team College Football Playoff Bracket would look like based on tonight’s rankings:
https://twitter.com/FBSchedules/status/1990965350167400636
The College Football Playoff Selection Committee will release its Top 25 rankings each week on Tuesday through Dec. 2. Below is the schedule of dates (all times Eastern):
- Tuesday, Nov. 25: 7-8pm
- Tuesday, Dec. 2: 7-7:30pm
- Sunday, Dec. 7 (selection day): Noon-3pm
On Sunday, Dec. 7 at Noon ET, the College Football Playoff Selection Committee will announce the 12-team playoff bracket pairings and game sites.
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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)
You can have Mason-Dixon all you want Z-man because 99.4% of the college football fans want top teams & fair & equal CFP format.
I still don’t understand why you want to minimize the chances of a B10 team winning it all, Z-Man.
Z-Man I do not care how many Big Ten teams are in CFP as long as they have a fair & equal format.
Projected seedings with an SEC It Just Means More format (not guaranteeing all P4 champions make it in, but reserving one spot for the all ranked SEC teams and the next highest ranked teams from outside the SEC):
1. Ohio State
2. Indiana
3. Texas A&M
4. Georgia
5. Texas Tech
6. Ole Miss
7. Oklahoma
8. Alabama
9. Vanderbilt
10. Texas
11. Tennessee
12. Missouri
Byes go only to the SEC: A&M, Georgia, Ole Miss, Oklahoma
Round One (All games must be played at an SEC venue because we all know the SEC is better):
Ohio State at Missouri – Winner plays Oklahoma (in Cotton Bowl)
Indiana at Tennessee – Winner plays Ole Miss (in Sugar Bowl)
Texas Tech at Texas – Winner plays Georgia (In Peach Bowl)
Vanderbilt at Alabama – Winner plays Texas A&M (in Rose Bowl – relocated to Houston so people will care about it)
All playoff games must be played in the South, because, you know… why not? All other bowl games will be relocated to SEC states.
And yes, this is a dumb idea. But not as dumb as trying to come up with some format that doesn’t allow the best teams to play head-to-head and is based on criteria that has nothing to do with a team’s performance on the field just because we think one region of the country is dominating the sport because their fans are more passionate, their high schools turn out better talent and their teams compete at a much higher level week in and week out.
I think this format could be more effective if the big 12 was dropped completely and big 10 became a one bid league. How else would we get LSU and Mississippi state in?
Eh. Rich alums matter more and fertile HS recruiting grounds matter less in the NIL+portal era. Long way of saying that Z-Man’s idea is extremely stupid, but mostly because he’s actually limiting the chances of B10 teams in winning the natty.
SEC fans dream.
I would not mind Texas A&M play Alabama on Gilligan’s Island.
Texas Tech will win 5 national championships before Florida, Tennessee, or Auburn even sniff one
I respect your high interest in Big 12 BYUfan.
As long as Texas Tech plays a Big 12 conference schedule, they will never win a national championship.
No team playing in the Big 12 will win a title now that Texas and Oklahoma have left.
Oregon doesn’t have a single victory against even a semi-decent team. Notre Dame has a grand total of 1 victory against a decent team.
Why is Notre Dame ranked ahead of Miami? Miami is 3 and 0 against top 25 opponents while Notre Dame is 2 and 2 against the top 25. Both are 8 and 2 and Miami holds the win in the head-to-head confrontation. Didn’t that game count?
Miami doesn’t have the quality losses Notre Dame has. Check your facts next time loser!
Well by that goofy metric, Illinois, which has losses to both #1 Ohio State and #2 Indiana, has the two best quality losses of season, and yet are currently not even ranked.
The metrics of success are quantifiable performance indicators of goals achieved – like whom you have beaten; not whom you have loss to. FACT: Miami beat Notre Dame. Why don’t you try to stick to actual facts when conducting your assessments!
Miami beat Notre Dame in September, that was practically years ago now. Quality losses don’t matter for scrub 3 loss teams like Illinois, Spencer! Notre Dame made the national championship last year which is just a true statement on how good Notre dame is! Any previous year runner up should definitely make it because they have the ultimate quality loss – the national championship.
Get your facts straight, the ACC sucks
Miami beat Notre Dame THIS season and as a result, this outcome counts against THIS season, its upcoming playoffs, and NOT LAST season’s results. Incidentally, counting the years the cavalier way you have by calling September 2025, “last year” (when it was just two months ago), might hinder you from ever pursuing any serious analytical endeavors.
Again, Notre Dame’s performance last year was – LAST year – and has nothing to do with THIS season. Your retort is just a list of irrelevant claims you are attempting to pass off as pertinent to your arguments. Your real concern should be that Notre Dame doesn’t become a scrub 3-loss team by losing to either Syracuse or Stanford.
PS – I recommend that you familiarize yourself with the difference between fact and opinion. As well as reality and delusion. You are correct though the ACC does suck.
Blah blah blah the Miami quarterback threw 4 picks against Louisville, Miami has no quality wins, and Notre dame just beat Pitt on game day. Talk to me when you know what you’re talking about Spencer. Seriously, name any of Miami’s quality wins.
PS – Admitting the ACC sucks just boosts my argument Spencer.
I looked at the projected bracket on X and you have Miami in as the ACC champion but as it stands now they won’t be in the ACC championship game even though the are the highest ranked ACC team.
That’s just how the playoff does it, they list the highest ranked team as the champion. It’s just for fun.