2025-26 College Football Playoff Selection Committee Members

 

Here are members of the 2025-26 College Football Playoff selection committee:

Mack Rhoades, Chairman
Athletics Director, Baylor University

Chris Ault
Spent 28 years as the head football coach at the University of Nevada.

Troy Dannen
Athletics Director, University of Nebraska

Mark Dantonio
Head coach at the University of Cincinnati from 2004-06 and Michigan State University from 2007-19.

Jeff Long
Spent 40 years working in college athletics as a coach and an administrator. Currently a consultant with ISE and Trenchcoat Advisors. Long returns to the CFP Selection Committee after having served from 2014-18, including time as the group's initial chairman during the 2014-15 seasons.

Ivan Maisel
Acclaimed sportswriter, with over four decades of experience covering college football.

Chris Massaro
Athletic Directors, Middle Tennessee State University

Randall McDaniel
Was an All-American guard and four-year starter (1984-1987) for Arizona State University. Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008.

Mike Riley
Spent 48 years as a coach at the collegiate and professional levels, serving as the head coach at Oregon State from 1997-98 and 2003-14 and at Nebraska from 2015-17. He has also been the head coach of teams in five different professional leagues: the Canadian Football League (CFL), World League of American Football (WLAF), National Football League (NFL), Alliance of American Football and the United State Football League (USFL).

David Sayler
Athletic Directors, Miami (Ohio) University

Wesley Walls
Was an All-American tight end as a senior at the University of Mississippi in 1988. Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2014 and the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.

Carla Williams
Athletic Directors, University of Virginia

Hunter Yuracheck
Athletic Directors, University of Arkansas