The 2026 college football season hasn't even kicked off yet, and that means it'll be quite a while until we see the College Football Playoff committee do a song and dance in the media when the CFP rankings are unveiled. As a reminder, the committee doesn't even rank teams until well into the season, so we'll let Ohio State and all the other teams in college do some of their best work before the throng descends on Grapevine, Texas, to try and sort things out.
However, what we do know, thanks to a release from the committee, are the dates and times on which we will see the rankings unveiled each week. From the first set of rankings all the way through the last rankings after the conference championship games that determine the CFP participants.
Here's how things line up for the CFP rankings reveals that will undoubtedly come to us on a screen thanks to ESPN.
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| Tuesday, November 3 | 7-8 p.m. ET |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 9-9:30 p.m. ET |
| Tuesday, November 17 | 9-9:30 p.m. ET |
| Tuesday, November 24 | 7:30-8 p.m. ET |
| Tuesday, December 1 | 7-7:30 p.m. ET |
| Sunday, December 6 | Noon - 3 p.m. ET |
And if you needed a reminder, the folks who will be deciding which teams get the at-large bids for the playoff at the end of the 2026 season are a varied bunch. Here are all of the CFP committee members for this year.
| School | Selection Committee Member |
|---|---|
| Appalachian State | Doug Gillin, Hunter Yurachek |
| Arizona | Mark Harlan (partial) |
| Arizona State | Randall McDaniel (partial) |
| Arkansas | Hunter Yurachek |
| Auburn | Gus Malzahn (partial) |
| California | Jeff Tedford (partial) |
| Fresno State | Jeff Tedford (partial) |
| Michigan State | Mark Dantonio |
| Middle Tennessee State | Chris Massaro |
| Nebraska | Troy Dannen |
| Ole Miss | Wesley Walls (partial) |
| Oregon State | Mike Riley |
| SMU | Gus Malzahn (partial) |
| Stanford | Ivan Maisel |
| Utah | Mark Harlan |
| Virginia | Carla Williams |
Since the first set of CFP rankings won't occur until Tuesday, November 3, we have plenty of time to talk about things and let it all sort out. However, that won't stop us from taking a stab at what those rankings might look like before all the fun happens in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Stay tuned for that throughout the season here on Buckeyes Wire.
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