Neither Miami nor Ole Miss would have made the four-team College Football Playoff field. Both are now out to prove that the underdogs can flip the script.

We are one step closer to crowning a national champion for the 2025 college football season. We started with 12 teams in the College Football Playoff bracket, and now we're down to seven as the quarterfinal round has begun. That also means some of the best squads in the nation are ready to take their rightful place on center stage.

Because our name is Indiana?” No. 1 Indiana humiliating mighty Alabama 38-3 in a CFP quarterfinal was not particularly surprising to anyone who watched the two teams this season, but it was simultaneously incomprehensible to anyone who ever watched college football prior to 2024.

Thursday’s Sugar Bowl pairs Georgia and Ole Miss, both coached by former Saban assistants. Smart was the Crimson Tide’s defensive backs coach and defensive coordinator from 2007-15, Golding the defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach from 2018-22.

Although every team earns the same amount from the CFP for each round, how much each team makes varies greatly by conference.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish had an excellent season that ended in heartbreak as their 10-2 record was not enough to make the 2025 College Football Playoff.

In a night Ole Miss fans will never forget, QB Trinidad Chambliss broke a historic Bowl record in the CFP victory over Georgia.

Miami shocked Ohio State in the College Football Playoff Cotton Bowl quarterfinal on Wednesday. Check out the recap here: