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Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Nov 20, 2024

Kirby Smart criticizes College Football Playoff committee’s ‘unjust’ criteria: ‘I don’t know what they’re looking for’

The Georgia Bulldogs found themselves ranked 10th in the latest College Football Playoff selection ... Smart was critical of the selection committee’s criteria, calling it unjust.
CBS Sports on MSN.com · 1d

College Football Playoff continues to kick can down road: Why meaningful change in 2025 remains unlikely

The power players seem to have little desire when it comes to anything significant before the new contract in 2026
Icon for www.usatoday.comUSA Today · 28d

CFP for Dummies plan: What college football can learn from March Madness blueprint

Something, everyone, must be done about the College Football Playoff. It’s time to introduce ... and they’re not sure they like the idea of a selection committee — which doesn’t exactly ...
The New York Times · 6d

When will the College Football Playoff’s future be settled? This week, leaders resume old battles

The annual review meeting will be 2025’s fourth in-person gathering of CFP leaders, but it is always the most all-encompassing.
Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Dec 8, 2024

College Football Playoff: Paul Finebaum accuses committee of ‘double talk,’ says ‘they forgot their criteria’

But it was that bit of talk from the selection ... The post College Football Playoff: Paul Finebaum accuses committee of ‘double talk,’ says ‘they forgot their criteria’ appeared first ...
Icon for www.sportingnews.comSporting News · Dec 3, 2023

When are the College Football Playoff rankings released? Time, channel for final CFP selection show in 2023

Both the College Football Playoff picture and the Heisman Trophy ... Alabama's upset of Georgia ensured there will be drama no matter how the selection plays out, however, with the committee ...
Icon for www.nytimes.comThe New York Times · 6d

College Football Playoff meetings wrap up with big questions still unanswered

The fourth in-person College Football Playoff meeting of 2025 ended with ... the same Gaylord Texan room where the CFP selection committee ranks teams. Several commissioners had never gone through ...
Icon for www.espn.comESPN · 9d

College Football Playoff buzz: 5 topics on the table this week

Leaders of the College Football Playoff ... next iteration of the playoff must be cemented by Dec. 1. This fall will still feature a 12-team field determined by a selection committee that includes ...
Icon for 247sports.com247Sports.com · Nov 27, 2024

College Football Playoff selection committee not 'afraid' to put three-loss team in bracket, Warde Manuel says

and a fourth 8-3 team lingers just outside of the projected bracket in the Week 14 College Football Playoff rankings with South Carolina at No. 15. While the logjam paves the way for other ...
Icon for sports.yahoo.comYahoo! Sports · 5d

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

the conference commissioners spent three hours in the same room where the College Football Playoff selection committee members gather each December to decide the playoff field. On the final day of ...
Icon for awfulannouncing.comAwful Announcing · Dec 8, 2024

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

It took ESPN 34 minutes of their selection show to get to the actual bracket reveal, after they promised it within the first 30 minutes. An oft-seen element of sports television in 2024 is the ...
Icon for sports.yahoo.comYahoo! Sports · 5d

With future format of CFP in limbo, college sports brass still undecided on major issues

the conference commissioners spent three hours in the same room where the College Football Playoff selection committee members gather each December to decide the playoff field. On the final day of ...
Icon for www.al.comal.com · 8d

College Football Playoff announces 2025-26 schedule; Rose Bowl changes kickoff time

The 2025-26 College Football Playoff schedule has been announced, complete with kickoff times. This season’s playoff quarterfinals take place Dec. 31 and Jan. 1, with one game on New Year’s ...
Icon for www.azcentral.comAZ Central · 8d

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

The 2026 Fiesta Bowl will be played on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026 as the first game of the College Football Playoff semifinals, the College Football Playoff and ESPN announced Tuesday. The game at ...
Icon for triblive.comTribLIVE.com · Nov 5, 2024

Pitt positioned at No. 18 in 1st College Football Playoff rankings

listed No. 18 in the first College Football Playoff top 25 rankings released Tuesday night. Selection committee chairman Warde Manuel, the athletic director at Michigan, said members valued Pitt ...
Icon for www.fox5atlanta.comFOX 5 Atlanta · 7d

Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl to host prime-time semifinal in 2025-26 College Football Playoff

The Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl will host a national semifinal in the 2025-26 College Football Playoff on Friday ... By the numbers: The Peach Bowl’s selection as a semifinal site comes after ...
Icon for www.orlandosentinel.comOrlando Sentinel · Dec 5, 2024

Hurricanes and ACC still irate over playoff snub: ‘Miami absolutely deserves better’

The College Football Playoff committee put Miami behind Alabama in Tuesday’s penultimate College Football Playoff rankings, and the chair of the selection committee said neither team could ...
Icon for www.usatoday.comUSA Today · 7d

What Lane Kiffin, Jaxson Dart did after Ole Miss loss to Florida that derailed playoff bid

Ole Miss narrowly missed College Football ... Rebels’ playoff aspirations clung by a thread after the Nov. 23 chaos that started with their loss at Florida. Ultimately, the selection committee ...
Sports Illustrated on MSN.com · 20h

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 athlonsports.comAthlon Sports · Nov 6, 2024

3 Most Overrated Teams in The First College Football Playoff Top 25 Poll

The College Football Playoff selection committee released its first rankings on Tuesday night, giving shape to the race for the 12 coveted spots. At long last, the first College Football Playoff ...
BroBible · 9d

College Football Playoff Could Use TV Ratings To Select Teams Under New Format

The ever-changing landscape and format of the College Football Playoff appear set to change again as the Big Ten and SEC look to tighten their
Icon for 247sports.com247Sports.com · 6d

Will the College Football Playoff let TV ratings influence the selection process?

and the best name they could come up with for a college football playoff was College Football Playoff. Inventive concept. Questionable title. Look at all the twists and turns with the field and ...
Icon for awfulannouncing.comAwful Announcing · 9d

TV ratings could be criteria for automatic College Football Playoff bids, per report

It’s not exactly a secret that the NCAA is looking to tweak the College Football Playoff format ... what did come as a surprise is a nugget of criteria that Dinich dropped, as she heads to ...
Icon for bleacherreport.comBleacher Report · 8d

College Football Playoff Announces Dates, Times, Full Schedule for 2025-26 Bowl Games

The quarterfinals for next year's College Football Playoff will kick off with the Cotton Bowl on Dec. 31. The CFP announced the full schedule for the final three rounds. Hard Rock Stadium in Miami ...
Icon for www.si.comSports Illustrated · 26d

We asked Grok to predict college football’s 12 playoff teams in 2025

Hope springs eternal at this time of year, as college football teams return to the practice field looking to get a head start on making a run at the 12-team playoff. In an age of machine learning ...
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.
Icon for www.businessinsider.inBusiness Insider India · Apr 11, 2021

This Is The Nightmare Scenario For The College Football Playoff

The guidelines the College Football Playoff committee uses to pick the four teams that make the tournament are intentionally vague. Only five criteria are named in the official selection committee ...
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.