We are one step closer to crowning a national champion for the 2025 college football season. We started with 12 teams in the College Football Playoff bracket, and now we're down to seven as the quarterfinal round has begun. That also means some of the best squads in the nation are ready to take their rightful place on center stage.

CBS Sports re-seeded the College Football Playoff bracket from No. 1 to 8 with some modest changes to the remaining teams. Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Tulane and James Madison are not a part of this exercise.

The handful of remaining perfect brackets in the NCAA Tournament busted out on Sunday, ending the hopes of millions against exceptionally long odds.

CBS Sports hoops experts know all about how to pick a bracket, so let's see how they do now that it's football pickin' time

The Los Angeles Rams (11-5) will host the Arizona Cardinals (3-13) at SoFi Stadium to close the 2025 regular season, with the Rams still jockeying for playoff positioning in the NFC and the Cardinals playing out the string.