2025-26 College Football Playoff schedule, dates, TV channel, sites
Here's the complete schedule for the College Football Playoff for the 2025-26 season, including game dates, how to watch and teams. This is the second year of the 12-team playoff.
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.
College Football Playoff: 5 Potential Changes to Improve the 12-Team Format
The first 12-team College Football Playoff finished on Monday night with Ohio State beating Notre Dame 34-23 in Atlanta, Ga. The new 12-team playoff was a massive success, although the expanded field allows for more mulligans for every team and perhaps reduces the importance of some games.
College Football Playoff predictions: Which teams return in 2025 from Ohio State to Clemson?
In or out? A verdict on which of the College Football Playoff qualifiers will be back in the bracket next season.
Teams that boosted College Football Playoff chances with 2025 recruits
As the 2025 recruiting cycle ends and the 12-team CFP era rolls on, here is a look at four teams that have improved their chances of securing a playoff spot, and, maybe winning it all, as long as their transfers contribute as expected and they get production from some youth in their current class of recruits.
Way-Too-Early 2025-2026 College Football Playoff Prediction
Last season was the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff. Now, with a better understanding of how the committee thinks and how the seeding works, here is my prediction for the 2025-2026 College Football Playoff field.
Catholic football sends six more to college
Two outstanding football players from Carver have committed to college teams. Williams was responsible for bringing multiple bowl games to Montgomery over the years. Trace Hill is proving that age is just a number in his first year as the head boy’s basketball coach at Alabama Christian Academy.
Scouting college football's top 2025 recruits by position
How elite are the Nos. 1 and 2 recruits in the 2025 class? We analyze each position and break down who can be sleepers.
On3 Predicts 2025 College Football Playoff, National Champion
Not everyone is patiently awaiting the return of college football. With the new 12-team College Football Playoff, fans received a longer postseason than ever. The Ohio State Buckeyes steamrolled their way to a title,
Penn State leads College Football Playoff projection for 2025 with LSU, Oklahoma among SEC surprises
Forget about way-too-early Top 25 rankings. Here's your College Football Playoff projection for the 2025 season -- with a few ...
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How Does The New 12-Team College Football Playoff Format Work? New CFP Format Explained
While the CFP has been around since 2014, this year’s drastic college football playoff expansion increases the postseason field from four teams to 12. The new CFP format allows more teams ...
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Year 1 of the 12-team College Football Playoff is coming to a close. Was the expansion a success?
“College football has never fulfilled its potential ... strong — but it always has had room for improvement. I think the 12-team Playoff, the expanded Playoff, has already led to improvement ...
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First 12-team College Football Playoff reminds fans to be careful what they wish for
From the “Be Careful What You Wish For” Department, we bring you this week in college football ... won’t be an interesting finish to the 12-team playoff. Certainly the massive fan bases ...
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Four easy fixes to make the 12-team College Football Playoff even better in the future
The first 12-team College Football Playoff concludes with an all-time blue-blooded CFP championship between No. 7 Notre Dame and No. 8 Ohio State at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Monday.
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The 12-team Playoff got too much right in Year 1 to change the format already
From exciting games to memorable moments to big-time TV ratings, the debut of the 12-team College Football Playoff era looks like a success. Ohio State and Notre Dame will meet in a national ...
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Teams with the most College Football Playoff wins and appearances
In 2024, the playoff field was expanded from four to 12 teams. Here are the 12 teams who were selected to the 2024-25 College Football Playoff field, in seeding order: Six schools made ...
Highest-paid college football coaches
After Ryan Day's new contract extension with Ohio State, who are the highest-paid college football coaches in the nation?