Updating College Football Playoff and bowl game projections as rivalry week brought the regular season to a close

Here are predictions and projections for the College Football Playoff bracket and 12-team CFP field after Week 14 games:

Top-ranked Ohio State and No. 2 Indiana are both expected to earn first-round byes in the College Football Playoff, regardless of Saturday's Big Ten Championship outcome.

After a wild weekend of rivalry games, the picture is getting more chaotic for the College Football Playoff rankings.

Texas moved up two spots in the Associated Press <a href=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Top 25 poll after handing Texas A&M its first loss of the 2025 college football season.

Lane Kiffin changed the landscape of the SEC on Sunday. After six seasons in Oxford, Miss., Kiffin announced on Sunday that he is leaving Ole Miss to become the new head coach at LSU. Kiffin posted on his X account that he wanted to coach the Rebels in the College Football Playoff, but athletic director Keith Carter opted against that happening.

With the 12-team College Football Playoff bracket set to be released in just over a week, Week 14 of the 2025 college football season served as one final impression for the committee. One of the biggest winners of the weekend was No. 8 Oklahoma. The Sooners secured a 17-13 comeback win over LSU to finish 10-2.