Analysts believed the Nittany Lions came into the playoff with the easiest road to a potential national title, a thesis that looked more convincing after they destroyed SMU in the first round. Now, they take on the only Group of Five team in the playoff, but Boise State and that...
The idea of a 14-team College Football Playoff starting in the 2026 season was discussed at CFP meetings in Dallas on Wednesday, just months before the start of the first season with a 12-team playoff. CFP executive director Bill Hancock acknowledged the idea was discussed but declined to ...
As far as coaches Marcus Freeman of Notre Dame and Ryan Day of Ohio State are concerned, those dramatic pregame speeches that inspire a football team to victory are the stuff of Hollywood.
Here is how the new 12-team CFP will work starting in the 2024-25 season. Selection Sunday incollege footballis almost here. Following the release of the fifth and final in-seasonCollege Football Playoffrankings on Tuesday, the official CFP field will be announced thi...
powers-that-be finally shifted from four teams to 12 — and bluebloods and a few Cinderellas competed in the first 12-team playoff over the past month. We are down to two teams and it's time to crown a champion. The Ohio State Buckeyes and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish will play on...
The four-team playoff changed college football. Not just the postseason and crowning of a national champion that finally could be called undisputed.
Ewers' nonexistent pocket presence and streaks of poor play when the games mattered most will be major knocks on him entering the 2025 NFL draft. He could have been the class' QB3 and a potential first-round draft pick, but he's now more likely a Day 2 project that a team hopes it...
IRVING, Texas -- The inaugural first-round games of a 12-team College Football Playoff will feature one game Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, and three games Dec. 21, 2024, CFP executive director Bill Hancock said Thursday following the conclusion of CFP spring meetings. ...
12-team CFP gives teams a chance to learn, redeemJanuary 12, 2025 02:00 PMNicole Auerbach and Joshua Perry share takeaways from Notre Dame and Ohio State making the CFP Championship Game, such as the 12-team playoff allowing teams a chance to bounce back from...
Ten of the 11 sites that projected a CFP field have Miami as the only representative in the 12-team playoff. One expert – Mark Schlabach of ESPN – projected that a second ACC team, SMU, would also make the CFP field as the No. 11 seed. ...