Now that the college football season has just over a month on regular season play including conference championships, Notre Dame and every other top team’s focus will now turn to the College Football Playoff.
The first rankings will be this week, and it’s the first time that we can really see which programs have risen to the top of the committees favor. Plenty can change from the initial rankings until the field of 12-teams is set, as there are more than a few weeks left of football to be played.
Find out below all the information for the first College Football Playoff rankings of the 2025 season come out.
First College Football Playoff rankings release date
Date and time: Tuesday, Nov. 4th at 7 p.m. CST
Channel: ESPN
Most likely we will hear from the current chair of the 13-member committee Mack Rhoades, the current athletic director at Baylor. We’ll find out quickly what the committee values most, and hopefully Notre Dame has many of the qualities.
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This article originally appeared on Fighting Irish Wire: How to watch the first College Football Playoff rankings of the 2025 season
Reporting by Michael Chen , Fighting Irish Wire / Fighting Irish Wire
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