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The 2025-26 College Football Playoffs bracket is set, with 12 teams racing for the national championship title.
With the 12-team College Football Playoff bracket set to be released in just over a week, Week 14 of the 2025 college football season served as one final impression for the committee. One of the biggest winners of the weekend was No. 8 Oklahoma. The Sooners secured a 17-13 comeback win over LSU to finish 10-2.
The No. 2 Hoosiers outlast the No. 1 Buckeyes in a defensive battle to claim their first Big Ten title since 1967! Indiana will be the No. 1 seed in the playoff. Will Bettridge nails a 42-yard kick to cut Duke's lead to a TD.
Here are predictions and projections for the final College Football Playoff bracket and 12-team CFP field after conference championship games.
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2025 FCS college football playoffs: Second-round scores, bracket, schedule
The NCAA Football Championship Series playoffs continued with the second round on Saturday, Dec. 6. Illinois State pulled off the biggest upset of the season, defeating top seed North Dakota State, 29-28, to advance to the quarterfinals.
The model is also backing Boise State (+10) to cover the spread against Washington in the LA Bowl, while the Over (52.5) hits 53% of the time in Boise State vs. Washington. Before locking in your college football picks for Saturday, Dec. 13, be sure to check out the top college football betting picks from SportsLine's advanced computer model.
The 2025-26 college football bowl season has arrived, which means the interest will only increase to lay down college football bets. Washington
All that stands between Texas A&M and the school’s first undefeated regular season since 1994 as well as a trip to the SEC title game is a trip to its hated rival. A&M QB Marcel Reed is also in position to be a Heisman finalist if he has a big game. Can Texas and QB Arch Manning spoil the party?
Betting on Army quarterback Cale Hellums to throw a touchdown pass is very much a bet on an Over in this tradition as the result of the emotions in this rivalry. The Knights do not throw the ball as much as either of the other service academies do, but when Hellums does throw the ball, he does so with great explosiveness.