College football crowned its newest national champion on Monday night, as Ohio State beat Notre Dame to become the first team to win a title in the 12-team College Football Playoff era.. As we sit here at the end of the longest season in the sport’s history, it feels like a good time to reflect on all that we’ve experienced since Labor Day weekend.
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The first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff is now down to eight squads.. The opening round of the CFP didn't feature any upsets, as all four home teams advanced with double-digit victories. The No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish kicked things off on Friday with a 27-17 win over the No. 10 Indiana Hoosiers. Then, on Saturday, the No. 6 Penn State Nittany Lions crushed the No. 11 SMU Mustangs ...
The first expanded College Football Playoff bracket has been set.. After a busy weekend of conference championship games, its time to move on to the postseason. The full bracket was officially revealed on Sunday with 12 teams now vying for the national championship.. Oregon, as expected, claimed the top overall seed as the nation's only undefeated team and Big Ten champion.
The College Football Playoff is bigger than ever this season.. The number of teams that will have a chance to compete for the national championship has been tripled compared to previous years, with the field expanding from four to 12 for 2024-25.. More teams means more playoff battles, which will include a mix of big-time bowl games and on-campus showdowns.
Selection Sunday in college football is almost here.. Following the release of the fifth and final in-season College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday, the official CFP field will be announced this weekend.. The CFP had included only four teams since debuting in the 2014-15 season, but the 2024-25 campaign features the introduction of an expanded format where 12 programs will be given a ...
The College Football Playoff is back. But it’s never looked like this. After a decade existing as a four-team bracket, the playoff has expanded to 12, a switch that forced a change in format.
The College Football Playoff will triple in size in 2024. With the CFP field jumping from four teams to 12. Here's a quick guide to how it all works. ... NBC Insider NBC Sports.
Notre Dame entered the college football playoffs as the bracket’s No. 7 seed, with Penn State just a tick ahead at No. 6. Like Texas (No. 5) and Ohio State (No. 8), the Irish and Nittany Lions ...
The wait for the College Football Playoff is almost over. The first round of CFP games begins on Friday, Dec. 20th, with the remaining three first-round matchups scheduled for the following day ...
The top four seeds in the College Football Playoff can enjoy this weekend's first-round action from the couch.. The No. 1 Oregon Ducks, No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs, No. 3 Boise State Broncos and No. 4 ...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: New Year's Day, of course, is college football's time to shine. And this year, it had a new look - quarter finals in the first ever 12-team Division I football playoff.
2025-26 College Football Playoff schedule First Round: TBA Quarterfinals Wednesday, Dec. 31 Cotton Bowl (Arlington, Texas) -- 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Jan. 1
The Big Ten College Countdown crew reacts to Indiana's Week 13 loss to Ohio State, and discuss what it means for the Hoosiers' College Football Playoff ranking moving forward. The ACC should be well-positioned to get two teams into the 12-team field now that the SEC has cannibalized itself a bit as well.
The 2024 College Football Playoff bubble teams. The four teams who should be included in the discussion for the final playoff spot are Nos. 11-14 in the Week 14 rankings: Alabama, Miami, Ole Miss, and South Carolina.
In 2024, straight seeding would’ve given first-round byes to the four Big Ten and SEC championship game participants — Oregon, Georgia, Texas and Penn State — but the additional payouts to ...
Faced with the possibility that an SEC team would be left out of the (four-team) Playoff for the very first time back in December 2023, Sankey appeared on ESPN’s “College GameDay” and said of the other power conferences, “That’s not the real world of college football. Let’s go back to Sesame Street, so we’re really basic.
Lee Corso is hanging up the headgear. The 89-year-old college football icon announced Thursday that he will retire from ESPN's "College GameDay" after one final broadcast on Aug. 30 for Week 1 ...
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