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Here’s the schedule for the 2025-26 College Football Playoff. This is the second year the CFP is using a 12-team format. The bracket and matchups were announced on Sunday, Dec. 7.<\/p>\n
BRACKET GAME:\u00a0Check your picks in the College Football Bracket Challenge Game<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Games are Dec. 19, 2025 to Jan. 19, 2026, with the first round on Dec. 19-20, quarterfinals on Dec. 31-Jan. 1, semifinals on Jan. 8-9 and finally the CFP National Championship Game on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, in Miami Gardens, Fla. Check out the full schedule below.<\/p>\n 2025-26 College Football Playoff schedule, scores<\/p>\n Click or tap here for a live scoreboard<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Here is the history of the College Football Playoff national championship game.<\/p>\n Future CFP National Championship Game locations<\/p>\n 2024-25 College Football Playoff scores, results<\/p>\n The importance of a top seed in the FCS playoffs, explained<\/p>\n While getting a seed is an advantage by itself, recent FCS history shows the value of a top seed is even more important than it might appear at first glance.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n Montana State clinches the 2025 FCS national championship<\/p>\n Montana State edged Illinois State 35-34 in an overtime thriller to clinch the 2025 FCS championship. The Bobcats earned their second-ever national title and the program’s first since 1984 with the win in Nashville, Tenn.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n
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\n\t\t<\/tr>\n\n 2015<\/td>\n No. 4 Ohio State 42<\/strong>, No. 2 Oregon 20<\/td>\n Arlington, Texas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2016<\/td>\n No. 2 Alabama 45<\/strong>, No. 1 Clemson 40<\/td>\n Glendale, Arizona<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2017<\/td>\n No. 2 Clemson 35<\/strong>, No. 1 Alabama 31<\/td>\n Tampa, Florida<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2018<\/td>\n No. 4 Alabama 26<\/strong>, No. 3 Georgia 23<\/td>\n Atlanta, Georgia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2019<\/td>\n No. 2 Clemson 44<\/strong>,\u00a0No. 1 Alabama 16<\/td>\n Santa Clara, California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2020<\/td>\n No. 1 LSU 42<\/strong>, No. 3 Clemson 25<\/td>\n New Orleans, Louisiana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2021<\/td>\n No. 1 Alabama 52<\/strong>, No. 3 Ohio State 24<\/td>\n Miami Gardens, Florida<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2022<\/td>\n No. 3 Georgia 33<\/strong>, No. 1 Alabama 18<\/td>\n Indianapolis, Indiana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2023<\/td>\n No. 1 Georgia 65<\/strong>, No. 3 TCU 7<\/td>\n Inglewood, California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2024<\/td>\n No. 1 Michigan 34<\/strong>, No. 2 Washington\u00a013<\/td>\n Houston, Texas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2025<\/td>\n No. 8 Ohio State 34<\/strong>, No. 7 Notre Dame 23<\/td>\n Atlanta, Georgia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n
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