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After a wild championship weekend, the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff has been set. Oregon, Georgia, Boise State and Arizona State –all of whom won their respective conference championship games – earned first-round byes. Texas, Penn State, Notre Dame and Ohio State will h...
The time has come. The first ever 12-teamCollege FootballPlayoff begins Friday night, withIndianavisiting South Bend to take onNotre Dame. And then, three more exciting matchups take place on Saturday. There was so much debate about whether expanding the playoffs would be good or bad for col...
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. The CFP is also zeroing...
That consolidation also led to a load of playoff blowouts. Only seven of 20 semifinals and three championship games have been decided by 10 points or fewer. The decision by the conferences to accommodate bowl tradition, especially when it came to the Rose Bowl...
Hancock said when and where to play extra playoff games was discussed, along with media rights. ESPN would have the right of first refusal on any additions to the playoff format while the current 12-year contract is in place, though it would be possible for the CFP to offer the new gam...
Hancock said when and where to play extra playoff games was discussed, along with media rights. ESPN would have the right of first refusal on any additions to the playoff format while the current 12-year contract is in place, though it would be possible for the CFP to offer ...
"We want fans to think that you know a game in the second week of November, even if you've already lost two or three games, still has a lot of value," Petitti told ESPN last week. "That's the goal." A 14-team playoff would likely mean that the highest-ranked conference champi...
The four-team playoff changed college football. Not just the postseason and crowning of a national champion that finally could be called undisputed.
The projected College Football Playoff field has a new top seed. Using The Associated Press college football poll to fill out a 12-team bracket, Texas now holds the No. 1 seed after taking the top spot in the rankings Sunday.