2025-26 College Football Playoff Rankings Dec 2nd; Schedule, Projected Bracket

The 2025-26 college football playoff rankings for December 2nd are out. The projected bracket and schedule are included here for you. Georgia rises up to #3 this week and everyone else moved up one spot while Texas A&M fell to #7 after losing to Texas. The final college football playoff bracket, seeding, rankings, and schedule will be released on December 7th after the games are over. 

2025-26 College Football Playoff Rankings – December 2nd

Here’s the 2025-26 college football playoff rankings for November 2nd. We saw some movement in teams in the standings this week. We will get a final college football playoff schedule released on Dec 7. 

2025-26 College Football Playoff Schedule and Bracket

The top four ranked teams get the top four seeds this year for the byes. Here’s what the 2025-26 college football playoff schedule and bracket look like if the playoffs were set today. 

First Round (and related quarterfinal matchups)

• No. 12 fifth-highest ranked conference champion at No. 5 Oregon
  • Winner vs. No. 4 Texas Tech in the quarterfinals
• No. 9 Alabama at No. 8 Oklahoma
  • Winner vs. No. 1 Ohio State in the quarterfinals
• No. 11 fourth highest-ranked conference champion at No. 6 Ole Miss
  • Winner vs. No. 3 Georgia in the quarterfinals
• No. 10 Notre Dame at No. 7 Texas A&M
  • Winner vs. No. 2 Indiana in the quarterfinals

2025-26 College Football Playoff and Bowl Schedules

As we get further into the 2025-26 FBS football regular season, we can take a look at the college football postseason schedule. We have the overall bowl schedule, CFP bracket, and college football playoff schedules for you to check out. 

2025-26 College Football Playoff schedule

The 2025-26 College Football Playoff schedule first round takes place on the home campus or designated field of the higher seed. Then, the quarterfinals start moving into the Bowl Games through to the championship scheduled for January 19th, 2026. 

• First round (Dec. 19-20) — on campus
  • Friday, Dec. 19
    • 8 p.m. ET on ABC, ESPN, WatchESPN
  • Saturday, Dec. 20:
    • 12 p.m. on ABC, ESPN, WatchESPN
    • 3:30 p.m. on TNT, truTV, HBO Max
    • 7:30 p.m. on TNT, truTV, HBO Max
• Quarterfinals (Dec. 31-Jan. 1)
  • Wednesday, Dec. 31
    • Cotton Bowl (Arlington, Texas) | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN
  • Thursday, Jan. 1
    • Orange Bowl (Miami Gardens, Fla.) | 12 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN
    • Rose Bowl (Pasadena, Calif.) | 4 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN
    • Sugar Bowl (New Orleans) | 8 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN
• Semifinals (Jan. 8-9)
  • Thursday, Jan. 8
    • Fiesta Bowl (Glendale, Ariz.) | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN
  • Friday, Jan. 9
    • Peach Bowl (Atlanta) | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN
• College Football Playoff National Championship Game
  • Monday, Jan. 19
    • Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN