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Ultimate CFP Champion Bracket

Who Is the Ultimate CFP National Champion? You Decide.

3/9/2026 5:19:00 PM


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).

Quarterfinal action is already underway after the No. 12 seed 2017-18 Alabama Crimson Tide pulling off an upset over the No. 5 seed 2023-24 Michigan Wolverines. Up next, the same Alabama squad faces the No. 4 seed 2014-15 Ohio State Buckeyes.

Voting is live across Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, and X. Each matchup is open for 24 hours once posted. 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 23-24

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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