The College Football Playoff‘s third 2025 poll was released on Tuesday night, November 18th and in the Big 12 Conference, five teams were ranked. Texas Tech, BYU, Utah, Houston and Arizona State all find themselves in the Top 25 this week.
The Texas Tech Red Raiders are fresh off another huge 48-9 win over UCF and are now ranked No. 5 in the country. Meantime, BYU comes in at No. 11, up one spot, after crushing TCU 44-13, and then Utah, following a 55-28 win at Baylor, is at No. 12, also up one place from last week. The Houston Cougars, who were on a bye last week, came in at No. 23, and then Arizona State, fresh off their win over West Virginia, moved up to No. 25.
The Top four ahead of Texas Tech was No. 4 Georgia, No. 3 Texas A&M, No. 2 Indiana and No. 1 Ohio State.
The five highest-ranked conference champions will make the 12-team field, but there is a tweak to the format this year as the committee is using a straight seeding model. The top four teams in the final ranking, regardless of conference championship, will receive a first-round bye.
The four first-round games will be played at the home campus of the higher-seeded teams on December 19th and 20th. The four quarterfinal games will be played at the Cotton Bowl, Orange Bowl, Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl on December 31st and January 1st.
The two semifinal games will take place at the Fiesta Bowl and Peach Bowl on January 8th and 9th. The CFP National Championship is scheduled for Jan. 19 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
Week 13 Big 12 Schedule
Week 13 in the Big 12 is a packed slate, but the Texas Tech Red Raiders have the week off and will wrap the regular season at West Virginia next week. BYU is on the road to play Cincinnati for a key match up that will help determine who plays in the Big 12 Championship Game. And then, Utah hosts K-State as big favorites on Saturday.
Around the rest of the conference, Iowa State hosts Kansas, Arizona welcomes in Baylor, TCU travels to play Houston, UCF welcomes in Oklahoma State and Arizona State is on the road against Colorado.
