College Football Playoff Picture 2025: Who's in? Are Notre Dame on the bubble?

We are in Week 9 of the college football season, which means we are closer to the first College Football Playoff Rankings on Tuesday, Nov. 4. You can watch college football every week of the season on DAZN for FREE, including the complete College Football Playoff and CFP National Championship (check your region for availability).

The 2025 playoffs are going to be different as there will now be 12 teams vying to play in the national championship game on Jan. 19, 2026, in Miami. The first four teams will automatically get a bye into the quarterfinals. 

If the season ended on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, who would be on the road to Miami and who would be on the outside looking in? Is Notre Dame in? How about Alabama? What about the reigning national champions in Ohio State?

DAZN News has all that information for you below. 

First-Round Byes

• No. 1 Ohio State (Big Ten Champions)
• No. 2 Indiana (At-Large)
• No. 3 Texas A&M (SEC Champion)
• No. 4 Georgia Tech (ACC Champion)

First-Round Matchups

Games will be played on Dec 19 and Dec. 20

• BYU (No. 5, Big 12 Champion) vs. South Florida (No. 12, American Champion)
• Alabama (No. 6) vs. Vanderbilt (No. 11)
• Georgia (No. 7) vs. Miami (No. 10)
• Oregon (No. 8) vs. Ole Miss (No. 9)

Quarterfinal Matchups 

At the Goodyear Cotton Bowl, Capital One Orange Bowl, and Rose Bowl on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1.

• Ohio State (No. 1) vs. No. 8 Oregon/No. 9 Ole Miss winner
• Indiana (No. 2) vs. No. 7 Georgia/No. 10 Miami winner
• Texas A&M (No. 3) vs. No. 6 Alabama/No. 11 Vanderbilt winner
• Georgia Tech (No. 4) vs. No. 5 BYU/No. 12 South Florida winner

Which five teams are on the bubble? 

• Texas Tech (5-1)
• Missouri (6-1)
• Notre Dame (5-2)
• Oklahoma (5-1)
• Virginia (6-1)

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