The 2033 season

Ohio won the national title over Miami (FL), 42-13

College Football Playoff

First Round

Middle Tennessee24
Texas A&M10
Miami (FL)38
Kansas State36
TCU10
Notre Dame14

Quarterfinals

Middle Tennessee34
Iowa36
Oklahoma30
Miami (FL)35
Kansas State28
Florida State24

Semifinals

Iowa21
Miami (FL)31
Kansas State17

National Championship

Miami (FL)13

Final AP Top 25

  1. 1Ohio
  2. 2Miami (FL)
  3. 3Oklahoma
  4. 4Miami (OH)
  5. 5Texas A&M
  6. 6Kansas State
  7. 7TCU
  8. 8Cleveland State
  9. 9Notre Dame
  10. 10Clemson
  11. 11Florida State
  12. 12Memphis
  13. 13Nebraska
  14. 14Middle Tennessee
  15. 15Iowa
  16. 16Ohio State
  17. 17Kansas
  18. 18Mississippi State
  19. 19Tulsa
  20. 20BYU
  21. 21Auburn
  22. 22Colorado
  23. 23UMass
  24. 24Boise State
  25. 25Buffalo

Conference champions

ConferenceChampionTitle game
ACCFlorida Statedef. Miami (FL) 42-28
Big 12Ohiodef. Miami (OH) 56-42
Big TenIowadef. Nebraska 38-30
SECOklahomadef. Texas A&M 24-20
Pac-12Stanforddef. Fresno State 26-23
AACColorado Statedef. New Mexico 23-9
C-USAMiddle Tennesseedef. Western Kentucky 17-9
MACBuffalodef. Ball State 31-21
Mountain WestTulsadef. Memphis 27-20
Sun BeltMarshalldef. Troy 27-24

Award winners

Final conference standings · top four

Big 12

  1. Ohio
  2. Miami (OH)
  3. Cleveland State
  4. TCU

ACC

  1. Miami (FL)
  2. Florida State
  3. Clemson
  4. NC State

Big Ten

  1. Iowa
  2. Nebraska
  3. Ohio State
  4. Penn State

SEC

  1. Oklahoma
  2. Texas A&M
  3. Auburn
  4. Alabama

Pac-12

  1. Fresno State
  2. Stanford
  3. Wyoming
  4. Boise State

AAC

  1. Memphis
  2. Tulsa
  3. East Carolina
  4. UAB

C-USA

  1. Middle Tennessee
  2. Western Kentucky
  3. Louisiana Tech
  4. UTEP

Independents

  1. Notre Dame
  2. UConn

MAC

  1. Buffalo
  2. Ball State
  3. Western Michigan
  4. UMass

Mountain West

  1. Colorado State
  2. San Jose State
  3. Hawai'i
  4. New Mexico

Sun Belt

  1. Marshall
  2. Old Dominion
  3. Troy
  4. Texas State

All-Americans · first team