NEW ORLEANS (November 10, 2026) – The Selection Committee for the College Football Playoff (CFP) released its second set of rankings on Tuesday evening.
The committee's Top 25 was officially announced on a live ESPN broadcast.
Georgia came out as the top seed after top-ranked Miami dropped to No. 7 after losing at No. 5 Notre Dame last weekend. The last two undefeated teams, Utah and UCLA, are ranked No. 2 and No. 4, respectively. Alabama after its road win at No. 21 LSU has moved up to No. 3.
The Southeastern Conference has four teams ranked in the top 10 and the Big 12 and Big 10 have two teams.
The committee will continue to update the rankings each Tuesday through December 1; the final rankings as well as the playoff match-ups and bowl assignments will be announced on Sunday, December 6, on ESPN.
College Football Playoff Rankings, 11/10/26
1. Georgia
2. Utah
3. Alabama
4. UCLA
5. Notre Dame
6. Texas
7. Miami
8. Tennessee
9. Indiana
10. BYU
11. Kentucky
12. Texas Tech
13. Wake Forest
14. Houston
15. Iowa
16. Oregon
17. South Carolina
18. USC
19. Ole Miss
20. Ohio State
21. LSU
22. Missouri
23. Arizona
24. Boise State
25. Oklahoma State
This season will mark the seventh time that the Allstate Sugar Bowl has doubled as a College Football Playoff game and the first time as a CFP Semifinal game in the 12-team playoff era.
The Allstate Sugar Bowl kicks off on January 15. 2027 at 6:30 p.m. CST at the Caesars Superdome.
Previously, the Sugar Bowl hosted four Playoff Semifinals (2014, 2017, 2020, and 2023 seasons) in the four-team format before hosting CFP Quarterfinals during the last two seasons.
The College Football Playoff (CFP) is the competition that crowns the true national champion in college football. The format of the CFP is built on a 12-team bracket. The 12 participating schools are the conference champions from the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten Conference, Big 12 Conference, Southeastern Conference and the highest-ranked team from the American, Conference USA, Mid-American Conference, Mountain West, Pac-12 Conference or Sun Belt Conference, along with the next seven highest-ranked teams.
The University of Notre Dame will be included in the playoff if it is ranked among the top 12 teams in the final CFP rankings. Four CFP First-Round games are played on host campuses, followed by the CFP Quarterfinals and CFP Semifinals, which rotate annually among six bowl games – the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, Vrbo Fiesta Bowl, Capital One Orange Bowl, Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, Rose Bowl Game presented by Prudential and the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
The CFP National Championship will be played on Monday, January 25, 2027, at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.
