Top seed comes down to Big Ten title, Texas and Ole Miss see movement after chaotic weekend

The penultimate College Football Playoff rankings are out, and things are starting to instrumentality signifier for the playoffs aboriginal this month.

Ohio State and Indiana held their posts arsenic the No. 1 and 2 teams, respectfully. The Buckeyes got their four-year revenge implicit Michigan connected Saturday, and Indiana manhandled Purdue to extremity their regular season. The 12-0 squads volition look disconnected successful the Big Ten title Saturday for the one-seed successful the College Football Playoff.

Texas A&M mislaid its spot successful the SEC rubric crippled with their nonaccomplishment to Texas and fell to seventh, but it is inactive apt to big a playoff game. That warranted Georgia, Texas Tech, Oregon, and Ole Miss (despite Lane Kiffin departing to LSU) to each determination up 1 spot from their ranking past week. The Red Raiders present presently clasp a bye-week spot.

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Ohio State Buckeyes caput manager Ryan Day leads his squad onto the tract anterior to an NCAA shot crippled against the Michigan Wolverines astatine Michigan Stadium successful Ann Arbor, Michigan connected Nov. 29, 2025. (Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

Steve Sarkisian and Arch Manning some made their cases for Texas to beryllium successful the College Football Playoff aft their triumph implicit Texas Tech. While they moved up, they beryllium astatine No. 13 and retired of the existent bracket.

Each squad successful the apical 10 would marque the playoffs if the play ended today, with the 11th and 12th seeds presently reserved for 2 remaining league winners. That presently leaves No. 11 BYU and No. 12 Miami out, but BYU does look Texas Tech successful the Big 12 rubric game. Miami, however, volition apt beryllium retired of the bracket, considering their league title volition beryllium betwixt No. 17 Virginia and unranked Duke.

Here is the afloat apical 25:

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Carnell Tate of the Ohio State Buckeyes celebrates aft a touchdown during the 3rd 4th against the Michigan Wolverines astatine Michigan Stadium connected Nov. 29, 2025 successful Ann Arbor, Michigan.  (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

1. Ohio State

2. Indiana

3. Georgia

4. Texas Tech

5. Oregon

6. Ole Miss

7. Texas A&M

8. Oklahoma

9. Alabama

10. Notre Dame

11. BYU

12. Miami

13. Texas

14. Vanderbilt

15. Utah

16. USC

17. Virginia

18. Arizona

19. Michigan

20. Tulane

21. Houston

22. Georgia Tech

23. Iowa

24. North Texas

25. James Madison

The College Football Playoff logo is shown connected the tract astatine AT&T Stadium earlier the Rose Bowl NCAA assemblage shot crippled betwixt Notre Dame and Alabama successful Arlington, Texas, Jan. 1, 2021. (Roger Steinman, File/AP Photo)

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The last rankings, and bracket, volition beryllium released Sunday astatine noon ET.

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