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2024-25 College Football Playoff bracket

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2024-25 College Football Playoff bracket

*No. 1 seed Oregon^ (13-0):** Returning to the playoff for the first time since the inaugural field (2014-15), the Ducks completed an undefeated regular season with notable wins at home over Ohio State and Illinois and over Penn State in the Big Ten title game.

*No. 2 seed Georgia^ (11-2):** Winners of two out of the last three national titles, the Bulldogs had hiccups with road losses at Alabama and Ole Miss but picked up ranked wins over Clemson, Texas, Tennessee and the Longhorns a second time in the SEC title game.

*No. 3 seed Boise State^ (12-1):** College football’s original postseason Cinderella, the Broncos notably put their program on the map winning the 2006 Fiesta Bowl over Oklahoma. This marks Boise State’s first CFP bid with its one loss this season coming to Oregon, 37-34, back in Week 2.

*No. 4 seed Arizona State^ (11-2):** Thirty-four-year-old coach Kenny Dillingham’s squad went 11-1 when starting quarterback Sam Leavitt finished games, and ASU picked up four ranked wins, including a dominant 45-19 victory over Iowa State in the Big 12 Championship Game. The Sun Devils won 11 games for the first time since 1996 and will enter their first playoff.

No. 5 seed Texas~ (11-2): The SEC runner-up will seek its first national championship since 2005 despite losing to Georgia twice this season. The Longhorns are back in the playoff for the second straight year seeking their first victory in the event. 

No. 6 seed Penn State~ (11-2): It was relatively easy work for the Nittany Lions outside of their two toughest opponents, Ohio State and Oregon; they lost each game by a touchdown but took the Ducks to the wire Saturday night. Penn State will play in its first playoff after believing it was snubbed from the 2016-17 field.

No. 7 seed Notre Dame~ (11-1): Making their third CFP appearance, the Fighting Irish are back in the field for the first time since 2020-21. Notre Dame is seeking its first national title since 1988 and will get its chance despite having the worst loss in the 12-team field (vs. Northern Illinois).

No. 8 seed Ohio State~ (10-2): Looking poised to overcome a regular-season loss and get a second shot at the Ducks, it was instead the Buckeyes sitting home on conference championship Saturday following a loss to rival Michigan in their regular-season finale. Ohio State is making its sixth CFP appearance seeking it first win since the inaugural four-team field in 2014-15.

No. 9 seed Tennessee (10-2): Making their playoff debut, the Volunteers’ loss to the Bulldogs was excusable, but a defeat at Arkansas early in the season stands as perhaps the second-worst in the field. Tennessee was an easy inclusion as a two-loss SEC team, but it will need to prove itself if it hopes to reach the Promised Land for the first time since 1998.

No. 10 seed Indiana (11-1): The underdog story of the year, the Hoosiers went from 3-9 last season to 11-1 with a playoff bid in Year 1 under Curt Cignetti. Whether Indiana’s blistering offense can run through the CFP field remains to be seen, but it dominated most opponents other than the one ranked team it faced, Ohio State, a game in which it fell 38-15 on the road. IU is competing for its first national title.

No. 11 seed SMU (10-2): The most controversial selection in the field, the Mustangs’ quality of overall play won out. SMU did have ranked wins over Louisville and Pittsburgh, but losses to BYU and Clemson (in the ACC Championship Game) were deemed quality enough to give the Mustangs a shot at the title. In their first year in the ACC, SMU has a chance to win its first national championship since 1982.

*No. 12 seed Clemson (10-3):** In by the skin of their teeth, Dabo Swinney’s bunch toppled SMU in the ACC title game on Saturday to clinch an automatic bid as the only three-loss team in the field. The Tigers have a CFP pedigree, of course, making six straight appearances with title national title wins in 2016 and 2018. Clemson earned a bid to the playoff for the first time since 2020.