The 2025 College Football Playoff still has three games remaining to decide a national champion. However, other football programs across the country are already building for next season after the transfer portal opened.

The Ohio State Buckeyes' season came to a sudden end New Year's Eve against the Miami Hurricanes in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic in Arlington, 24-14. It not

The Miami Hurricanes and Ole Miss Rebels won outright as underdogs in the quarterfinals to reach Thursday's Fiesta Bowl. The Oregon Ducks and Indiana Hoosiers were favored in the last round, but only one of them entered the bracket as a top-four seed.

Players who leave a playoff team could be pursued by other postseason teams, if for no other reason than intelligence gathering.

The College Football Playoff semifinals are this week, meaning the 2026 CFP National Championship will be here before we know it.

If Miami beats Ole Miss in the CFP semifinals, the Hurricanes will get to play for the national championship at their home stadium.