Sixth and Final 2025 College Football Playoff Ranking: Indiana is No. 1

Indiana tops the final College Football Playoff teams for the 2025 season. Here are the 12 teams that will be playing for the national championship:

1. Indiana
2. Ohio State
3. Georgia
4. Texas Tech
5. Oregon
6. Ole Miss
7. Texas A&M
8. Oklahoma
9. Alabama
10. Miami
11. Tulane
12. James Madison

The 12-team field includes five automatic spots for conference champions and seven at-large spots. 

The top four teams get first-round byes to the quarterfinals. Those teams will play in the Cotton (December 31), Orange (January 1), Rose (January 1) and Sugar (December 31) bowls. Teams seeded 5-8 host seeds 9-12 on December 19-20.  

Here is the playoff schedule:

• December 19: Oklahoma hosts Alabama
• December 20: Texas A&M hosts Miami
• December 20: at Ole Miss hosts Tulane
• December 20: Oregon hosts James Madison
• Cotton Bowl (quarterfinal game), December 31: Ohio State vs. Texas A&M/Miami winner
• Orange Bowl (quarterfinal game), January 1, 2026: Texas Tech vs. Oregon/James Madison winner
• Rose Bowl (quarterfinal game), January 1, 2026: Indiana vs. Alabama/Oklahoma winner
• Sugar Bowl (quarterfinal game), January 1, 2026: Georgia vs. Ole Miss/Tulane winner
• Fiesta Bowl (semifinal game), January 8, 2026: TBD
• Peach Bowl (semifinal game), January 9, 2026: TBD
• National Championship Game, January 19, 2026: TBD

Here is the Week 16 College Football Playoff ranking:

1. Indiana
2. Ohio State
3. Georgia
4. Texas Tech
5. Oregon
6. Ole Miss
7. Texas A&M
8. Oklahoma
9. Alabama
10. Miami
11. Notre Dame
12. BYU
13. Texas
14. Vanderbilt
15. Utah
16. USC
17. Arizona
18. Michigan
19. Virginia
20. Tulane
21. Houston
22. Georgia Tech
23. Iowa 
24. James Madison
25. North Texas