Playoff Picture

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Playoff Picture

The projected 12-team College Football Playoff field using the Two Deep Consensus.

Highest-ranked P4 teams are treated as projected conference champions until title games are played.

2026 · Week 11 · Updated Nov. 9

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12Teams5Conference AQs

Notre Dame6At-large

First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship

First-round bye

vs

Winner #8 / #9

Semifinal 1

#1 path winner

Georgia / UCLA / Tennessee

#4 path winner

Miami / Indiana / Boise State

National
Championship

Semifinal 1 winner

Semifinal 2 winner

Boise StatePac-12

First-round bye

vs

Winner #5 / #12

Texas TechBig 12

Notre DameFBS Independents

First-round bye

vs

Winner #7 / #10

Semifinal 2

#2 path winner

Notre Dame / Texas / Texas Tech

#3 path winner

Utah / Alabama / BYU

First-round bye

vs

Winner #6 / #11

On the bubbleNext in line by consensus rank

First out

Next out

Ohio StateBig Ten 14

Why Wake Forest is out

Wake Forest is ranked #12 in the Two Deep Consensus, but Boise State (#21, G6 AQ) holds one of the 12 berths as an automatic qualifier. Wake Forest becomes the first team out.

Automatic qualifiersThe assumptions behind the field

ACCProjected AQ

Big TenProjected AQ

Big 12Projected AQ

SECProjected AQ

G6 · Pac-12Highest-ranked non-P4

Notre DameTop-12 berth