Penn State checked in at No. 6 overall in the rankings despite not having a win against a ranked opponent to its name. It beat Illinois who was ranked at the time of the game in early October, but the Illini have mustered a 2-3 run since starting the season 4-0. With the way th...
In their first year as a member of the Big 12, the Sun Devils bounced back from 3-9 records in both 2022 and 2023 to likely secure a spot in the 12-team College Football Playoff. In Tuesday's rankings show, the Sun Devils were the fifth-highest-ranked ...
the final 12-team rankings and bracket. SMU grabbed the final at-large spot,leaving Alabama as the final team out. The Crimson Tide finished 11th in the rankings, but Arizona State (12) and Clemson (16) received automatic bids, thereby jumping Alabama. SMU finished 10th in the rankings. ...
There is no reseeding in the CFP, which will follow a bracket format. That means the No. 1 seed will draw the winner of the No. 8 vs. No. 9 matchup, regardless of the other first-round results. What are the College Football Playoff rankings? The final pre-...
Rhett Lashlee has done the math. It rolls around in the SMU coach's head every week. The more he thinks about it, the more it doesn't add up.
“To look at our league and say, ‘Well we may be a one-bid league,’ but you look at another league (the Big Ten) that we have a winning record against, and say ‘Oh they’re going to get four in,’” Lashlee said Tuesday, a few hours beforethe latest CFP rankingsha...
The Frogs are the biggest underdogs in the history of the CFP title game, getting 12 1/2 points, according to FanDuel Sportsbook, and facing a far more talented team — at least by the recruiting rankings. "Know it’s going to be a big challenge for us, but our guys have never backe...
“To look at our league and say, ‘Well we may be a one-bid league,’ but you look at another league (the Big Ten) that we have a winning record against, and say ‘Oh they’re going to get four in,’” Lashlee said Tuesday, a few hours before the...
Tulaneremains the highest-ranked Group of 5 team at No. 23, althoughLibertyjoined the rankings this week at No. 25. Also joining the rankings this week are two schools familiar to Florida State:NC Stateat No. 22 andClemsonat No. 24. ...
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.