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League Almanac

The 2026 season

Georgia won the national title over Oregon, 45-17

College Football Playoff

First Round

USC44
Georgia49
Alabama45
Maryland14
Clemson41
Ohio State31
Oregon22
Pittsburgh14

Quarterfinals

Georgia30
Tulane17
Florida7
Alabama55
Clemson38
Miami (FL)20
Kansas State16
Oregon26

Semifinals

Georgia29
Alabama17
Clemson28
Oregon34

National Championship

Georgia45
Oregon17

Final AP Top 25

  1. 1Georgia
  2. 2Oregon
  3. 3Florida
  4. 4Alabama
  5. 5Kansas State
  6. 6Ohio State
  7. 7Pittsburgh
  8. 8Clemson
  9. 9Maryland
  10. 10Notre Dame
  11. 11Cleveland State
  12. 12Miami (FL)
  13. 13Washington
  14. 14USC
  15. 15Tulane
  16. 16Texas A&M
  17. 17Tennessee
  18. 18Boston College
  19. 19Buffalo
  20. 20UAB
  21. 21North Texas
  22. 22Arizona State
  23. 23Louisiana
  24. 24Iowa State
  25. 25Miami (OH)

Conference champions

ConferenceChampionTitle game
ACCMiami (FL)def. Clemson 31-23
Big 12Kansas Statedef. Arizona State 35-32
Big TenUSCdef. Oregon 43-26
SECFloridadef. Georgia 23-20
Pac-12Boise Statedef. Stanford 39-35
AACTulanedef. North Texas 24-20
C-USALibertydef. Middle Tennessee 20-17
MACCentral Michigandef. Buffalo 31-17
Mountain WestNevadadef. UNLV 35-21
Sun BeltLouisianadef. App State 41-0

Award winners

AwardWinnerSchool
HeismanLynel Billups-WilliamsMiami (OH)
MaxwellCam ColemanFlorida
CampAmar'e HockerCleveland State
BednarikRed MurdockBuffalo
NagurskiKamran JamesFlorida
O'BrienDJ LagwayFlorida
WalkerRickey Hunt Jr.Ohio
BiletnikoffLynel Billups-WilliamsMiami (OH)
MackeyJelani ThurmanOhio State
OutlandCade BourdIowa
RimingtonCade BourdIowa
LombardiT.J. ParkerClemson
ButkusRed MurdockBuffalo
ThorpeOJ Frederique Jr.Miami (FL)
GrozaTyler RoblesUSC
GuyJacob UlrichKennesaw State

Final conference standings · top four

Big 12

  1. Kansas State
  2. Arizona State
  3. Cleveland State
  4. Miami (OH)

ACC

  1. Miami (FL)
  2. Clemson
  3. Pittsburgh
  4. Boston College

Big Ten

  1. USC
  2. Oregon
  3. Ohio State
  4. Maryland

SEC

  1. Florida
  2. Georgia
  3. Alabama
  4. Texas A&M

Pac-12

  1. Boise State
  2. Stanford
  3. Washington State
  4. California

AAC

  1. Tulane
  2. North Texas
  3. UAB
  4. Rice

C-USA

  1. Liberty
  2. Middle Tennessee
  3. Jacksonville State
  4. Sam Houston

Independents

  1. Notre Dame
  2. UConn

MAC

  1. Central Michigan
  2. Buffalo
  3. Ball State
  4. Toledo

Mountain West

  1. Nevada
  2. UNLV
  3. Air Force
  4. Utah State

Sun Belt

  1. Louisiana
  2. App State
  3. Marshall
  4. Texas State

All-Americans · first team

Offense

Defense

Special Teams