ESPN's Top 25 Heading Into The National Championship Game

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ESPN's Top 25 Heading Into The National Championship Game

The 2025-26 College Football Playoff national championship game is officially set for next week.

Indiana, the No. 1 overall seed in the College Football Playoff, will be taking on No. 10 seed Miami. The Hoosiers topped Oregon in blowout fashion at the College Football Playoff at the Peach Bowl. Meanwhile, Ole Miss fell to Miami in the College Football Playoff at the Fiesta Bowl.

A week from Monday night, the two schools will do battle in the College Football Playoff national championship game in Miami, Florida.

ESPN personality Kirk Herbstreit speaks during College GameDay before a Big 12 Conference football game, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, at Jones AT&T Stadium.© Nathan Giese/Avalanche-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Who will emerge with the win?

ESPN's computer model, the Football Power Index, has updated its Top 25 rankings heading into the final game of the season.

The final in-season Top 25 from ESPN's computer model.

ESPN's final Top 25 rankings

  1. Indiana
  2. Ohio State
  3. Notre Dame
  4. Oregon
  5. Miami
  6. Texas Tech
  7. Georgia
  8. Utah
  9. Ole Miss
  10. Alabama
  11. Texas
  12. Texas A&M
  13. USC
  14. Vanderbilt
  15. Penn State
  16. Oklahoma
  17. Iowa
  18. BYU
  19. Tennessee
  20. Michigan
  21. Washington
  22. Missouri
  23. SMU
  24. Auburn
  25. South Florida

This story was originally published by The Spun on Jan 11, 2026, where it first appeared in the College Football section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

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