The 2025-26 College Football Playoff bracket began the weekend with 12 teams and has now been reduced to eight. The regular season was filled with drama, and the first round of the expanded playoff delivered more of the same.

Ohio State is the No. 2 seed in the field despite the loss. The rest of the field includes five total SEC teams, three Big Ten teams, two Group of 5 teams - thanks Duke for beating Virginia in the ACC title game - and Miami as the lone ACC representative. Here's everything you need to know about this year's field.

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As a result, the Hurricanes will go on the road to face Texas A&M and Alabama will travel for a rematch with Oklahoma as the two standout games of the first round. The first round is rounded out by another rematch between Tulane and Ole Miss, and James Madison taking on Oregon as the biggest underdog of this year's playoff.