College Football Playoff bracket: Updated schedule, results, scores for 2025 CFP quarterfinals originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. For the third time in the College Football Playoffs, a lower-seeded team has advanced.

The Hoosiers entered the Rose Bowl as the top-ranked team in the nation, coming off a victory in the Big Ten Championship Game, and Fernando Mendoza’s selection as the 91st winner of the Heisman Trophy. But would the layoff see Indiana come out flat against Alabama?

Former Ole Miss Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin must be sick to his stomach as he watches his former team inch closer to winning the CFP national championship with a 39-34 win over Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day.

No. 2 Ohio State’s upset loss to No. 10 Miami not only ensured that the Buckeyes wouldn’t be the third team to win back-to-back national championships since 2011, but it also means the semifinals of the 2026 College Football Playoff are completely unrecognizable from the year before.

Dante Moore, a potential top-10 pick in the upcoming NFL Draft, completed 26-of-33 passes for 234 yards and an interception. Nothing special — again, Oregon’s defense carried them — but enough to keep Texas Tech at bay. Oregon now joins Miami among confirmed College Football Playoff semifinalists.

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.

The College Football Playoff field is down to four. Who were the winners and losers of the quarterfinals? We break down all the highs and lows.

Traditional powers Ohio State, Georgia and Alabama exit the College Football Playoff along with Texas Tech. Upstarts Indiana, Ole Miss, Miami and Oregon continue on.