Who’s in, who’s out after Coke Zero 400 at Daytona

That’s it.

The 26-race grind of the NASCAR Cup Series regular season is complete. What started six months ago at Daytona has ended at Daytona.

Next up: The 10 races and four rounds of the 2025 playoffs: The Rounds of 16, 12 and eight cars, followed by the winner-take-all championship race at Phoenix among the four surviving drivers. It all begins next Sunday night at historic Darlington Raceway.

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With the dust cleared at Daytona, we now know the complete postseason field. Tyler Reddick and Alex Bowman secured the final two spots.

Who’ll win it all? No telling. But without an ounce of doubt, rest assured the 2025 Cup Series champ will be one of the racers listed below.

NASCAR playoff field: 16 drivers geared up for Darlington

• William Byron, No. 24 Chevy
• Chase Elliott, No. 9 Chevy
• Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota
• Kyle Larson, No. 5 Chevy
• Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Ford
• Christopher Bell, No. 20 Toyota
• Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Toyota
• Bubba Wallace, No. 23 Toyota
• Joey Logano, No. 22 Ford
• Ross Chastain, No. 1 Chevy
• Austin Cindric, No. 2 Ford
• Josh Berry, No. 21 Ford
• Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Chevy
• Austin Dillon, No. 3 Chevy
• Tyer Reddick: No. 45 Toyota
• Alex Bowman, No. 48 Chevy

On the outside of the bubble, looking in

With 36 full-time teams and 36 full-time drivers, if 16 make the playoffs, 20 do not. On the bright side, unlike other sports, they don’t have to pack their gear and go home, but instead continue racing and hoping to take something positive out of 2025 and into the offseason.

Here are the 20 playoff outsiders, including some big-name racers and former champs.

• Chris Buescher
• Ryan Preece
• Kyle Busch
• Ty Gibbs
• AJ Allmendinger
• Brad Keselowski
• Carson Hocevar
• Michael McDowell
• Erik Jones
• John Hunter Nemechek
• Zane Smith
• Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
• Daniel Suarez
• Josh Haley
• Todd Gilliland
• Ty Dillon
• Noah Gragson
• Cole Custer
• Riley Herbst
• Cody Ware