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Dan Lyons

College Football Playoff Race: Power Ranking CFP Bubble Teams After First Top 25

After 10 full weeks of college football, we have a concrete idea of where things stand for the upcoming 12-team College Fotoball Playoff.

The 2025 season marks the 12th fall with the playoff, and the second year of the 12-team edition of the event. Some things have changed from last year’s field, which Ohio State ran through to win the national championship. The most significant: The top four seeds are no longer reserved for conference champions. The field is still made up of the five highest-ranked conference champions along with seven at-large teams, but the four highest-ranked teams will get byes to the quarterfinals.

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