Who Is the Ultimate CFP National Champion? You Decide.
3/24/2026 10:00:00 AM | Football
It may not be college football season, but brackets are the top of everyone's minds come March and the CFP is getting in on the fun.
The College Football Playoff (CFP) is hosting a fan vote on its official social media channels to determine the greatest CFP National Champion of all time.
Each of the 12 past CFP National Champions have been seeded and are pitted against one another in the Ultimate CFP Bracket, and the power to crown a winner is in your hands.
Seeding was determined by each team's margin of victory in their respective national championship game appearances, with ties broken by the highest single-game scoring output.
Earning first-round byes based on this criteria are the top four seeds the 2022-23 Georgia Bulldogs (No. 1), the 2020-21 Alabama Crimson Tide (No. 2), the 2018-19 Clemson Tigers (No. 3) and the 2014-15 Ohio State Buckeyes (No. 4).
The final matchup is now underway as the No. 12 seed 2017-18 Alabama Crimson Tide face the No. 6 seed 2019-20 LSU Tigers. Final results will be unveiled on Thursday, March 26.
Voting is live across Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, and X. It all adds up — votes from every platform are combined to decide the winner, so rally your fellow fans and cast your votes!
Here's the full schedule so you don't miss a single matchup:
- Ultimate CFP First Round: March 2-7
- Ultimate CFP Quarterfinals: March 9-14
- Ultimate CFP Semifinals: March 16-19
- Ultimate CFP National Championship: March 24-25
Follow along on the CFP's official social media channels, cast your votes, and help decide who stands alone as the greatest CFP National Champion of all time.
ULTIMATE CFP CHAMPION SEEDING
| SEED | SEASON | MARGIN OF VICTORY |
SCORE | OPPONENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 Georgia | 2022-23 | 58 | 65-7 | TCU |
| No. 2 Alabama | 2020-21 | 28 | 52-24 | Ohio State |
| No. 3 Clemson | 2018-19 | 28 | 44-16 | Alabama |
| No. 4 Ohio State | 2014-15 | 22 | 42-20 | Oregon |
| No. 5 Michigan | 2023-24 | 21 | 34-13 | Washington |
| No. 6 LSU | 2019-20 | 17 | 42-25 | Clemson |
| No. 7 Georgia | 2021-22 | 15 | 33-18 | Alabama |
| No. 8 Ohio State | 2024-25 | 11 | 34-23 | Notre Dame |
| No. 9 Indiana | 2025-26 | 6 | 27-21 | Miami |
| No. 10 Alabama | 2015-16 | 5 | 45-40 | Clemson |
| No. 11 Clemson | 2016-17 | 4 | 35-31 | Alabama |
| No. 12 Alabama | 2017-18 | 3 | 26-23 (OT) | Georgia |
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