The 12-team College Football Playoff bracket is set, and the games begin on Dec. 19. The first round is hosted by the higher seed before the games shift to neutral sites. Here is you need to know: 11 games are set between Dec. 19 and Jan. 19, and each will be broadcast nationally. The first round (CFP seeds, times Eastern):

Even though Mississippi lost to Alabama, 40-10, in the MS/AL All-Star Game, local college signees stood out on both sides of the ball. This is the Magnolia State’s sixth straight loss to the neighbors to the east.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/fannation/college/cfb-hq as $87 million head coach flirts with hot seat in College Football Playoff. The 2025 college football season is quickly nearing a conclusion.

This is the second season the CFP is a 12-team bracket. Play will open with team seeded fifth through eighth hosting a first-round game on campus. The lowest-four seeds will be the visitors in the those matchups. The top four seeds earned first-round bye into to the national quarterfinals, which will be played New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

Alabama will make another case as 'NFLU' in the 2026 NFL Draft. Ty Simpson, Kadyn Proctor and two others make USA TODAY Sports' top draft prospects.

ESPN's 'College GameDay' is headed back to Norman. The show will be filmed on site Friday, Dec. 19 ahead of the OU-Alabama game.

The 2026 football schedule for all SEC schools was unveiled on Thursday night. The conference's top teams continued to excel this season, as Alabama, Georgia Oklahoma, Ole Miss and Texas A&M nearly made up half of the 2025-26 College Football Playoff field.

Georgia's defense shut down Ty Simpson and the Crimson Tide offense on the way to a dominant victory in the SEC Championship Game

Alabama and Miami are in, Notre Dame is out and Indiana is No. 1 in the College Football Playoff’s 12-team bracket.