Sports

College football Champ Week live updates: CFP takeaways for every game

December 6, 2025

Heather DinichDec 5, 2025, 07:00 PM ETEmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsWe're just hours from the announcement of the College Football Playoff field. There's plenty of drama left to play out on the field. The committee is gathered at its headquarters in the Gaylord Texan resort in Grapevine, Texas, to watch conference championship games that will impact their final ranking on Selection Day. It was only the beginning of conference championship weekend, but how these games unfolded with the committee watching will determine their five highest-ranked conference champions -- and how that order will impact the contenders around them. We're tracking all the conference title games and the impact on the CFP field. Big 12: Texas Tech 34, BYU 7Texas Tech's win against BYU secured a top-four finish and a first-round bye for the Red Raiders.

College football Champ Week live updates: CFP takeaways for every game

Credit: Go

Key Highlights

It also helped Notre Dame's playoff chances tremendously, as the Irish no longer have to be concerned about being leapfrogged by BYU. This puzzle is far from complete, though. It doesn't matter for BYU if the committee keeps it at No.
11 or drops it to No.
12 (or beyond).
Either way BYU would be bumped out during the seeding process to include a conference champion.
Where BYU lands, though, will impact Miami. The selection committee is most likely to do one of two things: drop No.

Sources

College football Champ Week live updates: CFP takeaways for every game

This quick summary is automatically generated using AI based on reports from multiple news sources. The content has not been reviewed or verified by humans. For complete details, accuracy, and context, please refer to the original published articles.