Each team in the field brings something to the table that could help carry them to glory come Jan. 19 in Miami

Pete Golding and the Ole Miss Rebels are preparing for the program's College Football Playoff debut on Saturday afternoon at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium against Jo

Before Alabama heads to Norman for a first-round CFP date against Oklahoma, I let EA Sports College Football 26 determine the Crimson Tide's fate.

See the full 2025-26 College Football Playoff bracket, betting odds, key matchups and early predictions leading into the 2026 CFP National Championship.

The College Football Playoff will feature two Group of Five participants for the first time ever. The James Madison Dukes earned the final auto bid by virtue of the ACC imploding upon itself when five-loss Duke upset No. 17 Virginia in the conference title game.

Tier 1 Has a National Championship

Two more previously made the playoff in Indiana’s Curt Cignetti and Oregon’s Dan Lanning. Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire has delivered the best regular season in program history and Texas A&M coach Mike Elko led the Aggies to their most success in the regular season in decades.

The field for the 12-team College Football Playoff is set. ESPN will take you behind the scenes of all 11 games with the seventh season of the ESPN Original series "Inside the College Football Playoff" streaming exclusively in the ESPN App.

The 2026 CFP National Championship Game will take place Monday, Jan 19 at 7:30p ET. Teams are currently TBD. For the second year in a row, 12 teams were chosen to compete in the College Football Playoff, putting the National Championship Game in late January.