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College Football Network on MSN.com · 1d

College Football Playoff Predictions: Projecting the 12-Team College Football Playoff Bracket After Spring Football

Less than four months remain before the 2025-26 college football season kicks off. With the conclusion of spring practices across the country, the teams that will be contenders for a national championship are slowly coming into view.
Yahoo Sports on MSN.com · 5d

With future format of CFP still in limbo, college sports brass not rushing major decisions

Will the bracket be different next year? How many teams will be in it in 2026 and beyond? How will teams be selected for the playoff? There's plenty still on the table as commissioners discuss college football's future.
Icon for www.espn.comESPN · Dec 13, 2024

College Football Playoff Bracket 2024

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Icon for fansided.comFanSided · Jun 29, 2023

College Football Playoff Bracket 24/25

Check out the latest College Football playoff bracket for the 2024/25 season on Fansided. Including the dates for each round and the latest news.
Icon for www.nytimes.comThe New York Times · Mar 18, 2025

In honor of March Madness, here’s a 68-team college football bracket

A decade or so ago, in the time of the BCS and early CFP, using March as the occasion for putting together a comically huge college football bracket felt like a fantastical exercise. Obviously ...
Sportskeeda · 6d

"Well cause you were 13": Fans disapprove Lane Kiffin's new CFP proposal after inaugral 12-team bracket finds success

Lane Kiffin, the head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels, has stirred up debate by suggesting the College Football Playoffs should expand from 12 to 16 teams.
USA TODAY on MSN.com · 2d

Big Ten powers lead too-early college football Top 25 rankings after spring practice

Spring football is almost in the books and the transfer portal has reshaped many rosters. A look at our too-early Top 25 for the upcoming season.
The Detroit News · 6d

Thursday's college football: Division II expands playoff field

Indianapolis – The NCAA Division II football playoffs will expand from 28 to 32 teams beginning this season to accommodate the format change that will award 16 conferences automatic bids.
Associated Press News on MSN.com · 6d

Division II expands football playoffs from 28 to 32 teams to accommodate automatic qualifiers

The NCAA Division II football playoffs will expand from 28 to 32 teams beginning this season to accommodate for the format change that will award 16 conferences automatic bids.
Athlon Sports on MSN.com · 2d

Greg McElroy Names College Football Team That Could Be a 'Fringe Playoff Contender'

Now, other teams are eager to join those that have already made a playoff appearance. ESPN's Greg McElroy mentioned on his podcast, "Always College Football," that he believes the Texas A&M Aggies could contend for a playoff spot by the end of the season.
WIBW · 6d

NCAA Division II football expands playoff bracket

In short, NCAA Division II football will follow an “automatic qualification” model. That means if you win your conference, you receive an automatic bid to the postseason. Because there are 16 conferences, the playoffs were expanded to 32 teams so that the field would be 50% automatic qualifiers and 50% at-large bids instead of 57% and 43%.
azcentral.com on MSN.com · 8d

When is College Football Playoff in 2025-26? Dates, times, TV channel, sites for CFP games

College Football Playoff 2025-26 schedule, dates, times, TV channel, sites for quarterfinal, semifinal and national championship game next season.
Icon for www.themorningsun.comThe Morning Sun · 22d

Oregon tops Week 2 College Football Playoff rankings and Georgia drops out of the bracket

Undefeated Oregon stayed on top in the second batch of College Football Playoff rankings, while Tuesday’s poll shoved Georgia completely out of the bracket after its lopsided loss to Mississippi.
Sportskeeda · 7d

Josh Pate addresses TV ratings potentially playing a part in College Football Playoff

The 12-team College Football Playoff bracket is currently being discussed, with potential alterations to the structure.
Icon for www.cbssports.comCBSSports.com · 26d

Is college football undervalued? America's second-most popular game still leaving billions on the table

"College football is either leaving [the current structure ... Should the membership trust the NCAA to negotiate for rights fees to expand the bracket? The San Jose Mercury News' Jon Wilner ...
Icon for www.espn.comESPN · Jul 13, 2021

NCAA on ESPN - College Football Scores, Stats and Highlights

8hMel Kiper Jr. North Carolina's hiring of Bill Belichick was the stunner of the college football year. Here's how the Tar Heels pulled it off. Our college football experts list out the biggest ...
Athlon Sports on MSN.com · 8d

College Football Playoff Dates, Kick Times and Broadcast Information Released For 2025-26 Season

The College Football Playoff will be 12 teams for the second team ever for the 2025 season, and the schedule for the playoff is now set. The College Football Playoff and ESPN have released dates, times and broadcast information for the playoff games in 2025-26.
WJCL · 8d

CFP, ESPN announce schedule for 2025-26 College Football Playoff

ESPN will also broadcast both CFP semifinals and the 2026 CFP national championship, scheduled for Monday, Jan. 19, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. The title game returns to Miami for the first time since 2021 and marks the second straight year the championship is being held in a repeat host city, following Atlanta’s turn in both 2018 and 2025.
Icon for lionswire.usatoday.comLions Wire · Mar 28, 2025

NCAA Tournament bracket update: How many women's Sweet 16 teams did we pick correctly?

Illinois beat No. 9 Creighton 66-57 with only six players before falling to Texas. FOLLOW THE MADNESS: NCAA men's tournament bracket, scores, schedules, teams and more. TCU's Hailey Van Lith played her old team No. 7 Louisville and the Horned Frogs earned ...
Soy Fútbol on MSN.com · 1d

2025 NCAA College Football Playoff Predictions: Projecting the 12-Team Bracket After Spring Practice

As spring practices conclude, the landscape of the 2025 NCAA College Football Playoff is taking shape. Here's a look at the projected 12-team bracket and first-round matchups.
Sports Illustrated on MSN.com · 1d

College Football Playoff Discussions Center on Straight Seeding, Conference Makeup

Commissioners met last week on the 2025 version of the playoff with more decisions looming ahead of an agreement to give the SEC and Big Ten more control.
Icon for 247sports.com247Sports.com · Nov 27, 2024

College football bowl projections, playoff picks updated in Week 14

Mass chaos ensued for the selection committee ahead of the new College Football Playoff rankings ... has first dibs on the SEC after the playoff bracket is announced, so it'll be up to those ...
Icon for www.startribune.comStar Tribune · Dec 8, 2024

College Football Playoff's first 12-team bracket is set with Oregon No. 1 and SMU in, Alabama out

12-team College Football Playoff brings with it a promise to be bigger, more exciting, more lucrative. Perfect or 100% fair? Well, nobody ever believed that. The first expanded playoff bracket ...
Icon for 247sports.com247Sports.com · Mar 20, 2025

College Football Playoff bracket-busters: Florida, Miami among teams with 2025 Cinderella story potential

With March Madness underway, the college football world looks on and awaits its turn to build a bracket. The next edition of the College Football Playoff projects to be another thrilling ...
Icon for awfulannouncing.comAwful Announcing · Dec 8, 2024

ESPN blasted for taking 34 minutes to reveal College Football Playoff bracket

with the ESPN women’s basketball tournament bracket reveal, and with ESPN’s reveal of the College Football Playoff bracket. And the latest case of the latter (and the first one involving a 12 ...
Bleacher Report · 7d

Ole Miss' Lane Kiffin Wants 16-Team CFP Bracket, 'Less Chance for Error' After Snub

Lane Kiffin is ready for a change to the College Football Playoff format after Ole Miss was left out of the 12-team Playoff in 2024. The Rebels head coach suggested increasing the field to 16 teams, citing several reasons for why the change would work better.
ESPN on MSN.com · 12h

College Football Playoff impact: Players who stuck around

The portal has closed, the draft is over, so who are the best players who stuck around even though they had options?
Icon for abc7chicago.comABC 7 Chicago · Mar 18, 2025

Crowning a champion in our 64-team college football bracket

Now that we're down to the Sweet 16 in our 2025 mock NCAA football tournament, that's apparent with 11 of the 16 teams coming from either the Big Ten or SEC. To recap, the original seeds were ...
CBS Sports · 28d

These eight hypothetical College Football Playoff brackets would make for sensational Final Fours

NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four has a case for the most stacked ever. The last time four 1-seeds reached the Final Four was 2008. Amazingly, all four national semifinalists rank inside the top 10 teams in KenPom history.
Bleacher Report · 9d

CFP Management Committee Reportedly Could Change Bracket Selection Process

The College Football Playoff's management committee will weigh changes to the selection process for the postseason bracket at this week's annual review meeting, according to The Athletic's Chris Vannini.