College Football Playoff Projection: The CFB Charts Field

The latest is the field for Week 10, 2026. See the full field for Week 10: every seed's card, the bubble and the bids by conference.

Miami, Notre Dame, Utah and LSU get the first-round byes. The projected Power 4 champions are Miami (ACC), Utah (Big 12), UCLA (Big Ten) and Georgia (SEC), and Boise State takes the spot for the highest-ranked team outside the Power 4.

The last four in: Ole Miss, Texas, Wake Forest and Alabama. First four out: Kentucky, Texas Tech, USC and Ohio State. New this week: UCLA, Wake Forest and Ole Miss; out: Ohio State, BYU and Kentucky.

The bracket for Week 10

First round

No. 8 hosts No. 9

8 Alabama 6–2

9 Wake Forest 7–1

No. 5 hosts No. 12

5 UCLA 8–0

12 Boise State 7–1

No. 7 hosts No. 10

7 Indiana 8–1

10 Texas 6–2

No. 6 hosts No. 11

6 Georgia 7–1

11 Ole Miss 6–2

Quarterfinals

No. 1 seed's bye ends

1 Miami 8–0

Winner of 8/9

No. 4 seed's bye ends

4 LSU 6–2

Winner of 5/12

No. 2 seed's bye ends

2 Notre Dame 7–1

Winner of 7/10

No. 3 seed's bye ends

3 Utah 8–0

Winner of 6/11

Semifinals and title game

Quarterfinal winners: 1 or 8/9 against 4 or 5/12, and 2 or 7/10 against 3 or 6/11

The national championship game

Every season

The CFB Charts field starts in Week 9 of 2026, the week the site launched. Every week is saved the day it goes up and never changed after.

2026: 2 weeks

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