When do CFP rankings come out? Schedule, release date after Week 14Austin Curtright, USA TODAY NETWORKMon, December 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM UTC·2 min readThe college football regular season has come to an end, which means only one more set of College Football Playoff rankings will be released before the official 12-team bracket is set on Sunday, Dec. 7.
Only a handful of teams will be on action during conference championship week, with No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 2 Indiana in the Big Ten championship headlining the Week 15 schedule. The game not only has the Big Ten title on the line, but also the top overall seed in the final CFP ranking.
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The ACC championship game winner will be also interesting for the CFP race: If unranked, five-loss Duke beats No. 16 Virginia (No. 18 in CFP rankings), there's a strong chance the ACC will be left out entirely, opening the door for two teams from outside the Power Four to reach the playoff. The most likely teams would be the American Conference winner between North Texas and Tulane and a potential Sun Belt Conference champion James Madison.
No. 6 Texas Tech (No. 5 in CFP) faces No. 11 BYU (No. 11 in CFP) in the Big 12 championship. It will be a rematch of a regular-season matchup that saw the Red Raiders win 29-7. If the Cougars win, it would almost certainly make the Big 12 a two-bid league and knock out the lowest-ranked at-large team from the top 12.
Heading into the penultimate set of CFP rankings, that team is No. 10 Alabama (No. 10 in CFP), which must rematch with No. 3 Georgia (No. 4 in CFP) for the SEC title in Atlanta on Dec. 6.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementHere's a look at when the penultimate CFP rankings release ahead of conference championship week:
When do CFP rankings come out after Week 14?
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Date: Tuesday, Dec. 2
The penultimate CFP rankings will release at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Dec. 2, five days before the final 12-team bracket is set on Dec. 7.
CFP rankings release schedule
Here's the remaining CFP rankings release times in 2025:
Tuesday, Dec. 2: 7 p.m. ET
Sunday, Dec. 7: Noon ET
CFP schedule
First round: Friday, Dec. 19 and Saturday, Dec. 20
Quarterfinals: Wednesday, Dec. 31 and Thursday, Jan. 1
Semifinals: Thursday, Jan. 8 and Friday, Jan. 9
National championship: Monday, Jan. 19
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