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What we learned from the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff
Did it hurt the sport's regular season? Do rivalries still matter? Here's what Nicole Auerbach took away from the first year of the expanded CFP.
Report card time. College football grades for all 134 teams. Who got an A?
With the college football season complete, it's time to evaluate the performance of schools in the Bowl Subdivision. Our letter grades for each team.
Year 1 of the 12-team College Football Playoff is coming to a close. Was the expansion a success?
The CFP will never likely surpass the NFL in the attention economy, but the march through the first 12-team Playoff has been a positive one.
Any College Football Playoff tweaks for 2025 won’t be hashed out until later this year
Any adjustments to the College Football Playoff for next season, including a potential tweak in the way byes are awarded, would have to take place later this year, probably in the spring, the leaders of the playoff said.
Five teams that could crash College Football Playoff party in 2025 include LSU, Alabama
Here are five teams that didn’t make the College Football Playoff this season that should be strong contenders for qualification next season.
College Football Playoff title game returning to Tampa in 2029: report
Raymond James Stadium reportedly has been selected to host Tampa’s second College Football Playoff national title game, this one in 2029. Action Network reported Monday morning that Tampa had been chosen to replace Dallas as host for the Jan.
Tipsheet: Expanded College Football Playoff was a hit, but more changes could come
The first 12-team College Football Playoff was a success, but power school athletic directors are mulling format tweaks.
Projecting 2026 College Football Playoff
The college football season came to a close on Monday night as Ohio State defeated Notre Dame in the national championship game. This was the first year of the new 12-team College Football Playoff format,
Where Penn State Lands in the 2025 Way-Too-Early College Football Rankings
The Athletic's Stewart Mandel is a preseason Penn State believer, placing the Nittany Lions atop his too-early top 25 for ...
The Big Ten owns college football? In the SEC, them’s fightin’ words
Time to take all these scalawags and carpetbaggers to school. Those scoundrels who forget the SEC’s true ownership of college ...
College Football Schedule - Week 16 Regular Season, 2025 - ESPN
All scheduled NCAAF games played in week 16 Regular Season, Dec 8 - Dec 14, 2025 on ESPN. Includes game times, TV listings ...
Two Texas Longhorns Named Top-15 Players in College Football
In ESPN's recent top-100 players in college football rankings, the Texas Longhorns had two players rank inside the top-15.
Ohio State, Ryan Day reign in CFP and looking ahead to 2025. College Football Fix discusses
Ohio State is champions of college football. College Football Fix discusses the Buckeyes victory and more heading into the ...
College Football Schedule - Week 1 Postseason, 2025 - ESPN
All scheduled NCAAF games played in week 1 Postseason, Dec 13 - Jan 21, 2025 on ESPN. Includes game times, TV listings and ...
College football season wasn’t what it used to be. Unless you knew where to look.
After traveling to 23 games through 19 states, a wanderer reflects on a season that featured a lot of new and yet much of the ...
Lessons from inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff: Format is flawed, home environments provide boost
The Ohio State football program captured history with claiming the first-ever College Football Playoff National Championship ...
Quinn Ewers, Ashton Jeanty among notable names in ESPN’s top 100 college football players
Six Texas Longhorns, the second-most of any school, made the outlet’s list of top players from the 2024-2025 season. SMU, ...