Updating College Football Playoff and bowl game projections as rivalry week brought the regular season to a close

Here are predictions and projections for the College Football Playoff bracket and 12-team CFP field after Week 14 games:

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With the 12-team College Football Playoff bracket set to be released in just over a week, Week 14 of the 2025 college football season served as one final impression for the committee. One of the biggest winners of the weekend was No. 8 Oklahoma. The Sooners secured a 17-13 comeback win over LSU to finish 10-2.

In the evening, No. 10 Alabama got all it could handle from Auburn in the Iron Bowl before escaping with a win and keeping its College Football Playoff hopes alive. The Crimson Tide will meet Georgia in the SEC title game next weekend. Here's how everything played out on the final Saturday of the regular season:

Virginia football has clinched a berth in the ACC championship game. Duke, a team with five losses, is a surprise finalist after SMU lost to Cal.