Weeks of speculation ended on Sunday as the College Football Playoff Selection Committee released their final rankings, as well as the bracket, for this season’s 12-team playoff. Thanks to a dramatic Championship Saturday, there were a few surprises in the field.The last few weeks, as well as the results from Saturday, led to some huge questions the Committee needed to answer with these rankings. With a five-loss Duke team winning the ACC would the Blue Devils actually secure a bid, or would the ACC be shut out of the College Football Playoff completely? Would Alabama’s loss to Georgia doom their playoff chances? What about the ongoing discussion between Notre Dame and Miami? Would we truly see two Group of 5 teams — Tulane out of the American Athletic Conference and James Madison out of the Sun Belt Conference — in the field?We now have our answers to those questions, and more.Here are the final rankings from the College Football Playoff Selection Committee, as well as the bracket and the first-round matchups.College Football Playoff bracketThe bracket for the 2025-2026 College Football Playoff will be unveiled here:College Football Playoff final rankingsHere are the final rankings from the College Football Playoff Committee, which will be filled in as the teams are listed:1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.21.22.23.24.25.