Reflecting on Impact of 12-Team College Football 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.
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.
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 2025. "I'm skeptical they can actually pull it off," Mandel writes, "but on paper, James Franklin's team deserves that status given how many players are returning."
4 takeaways from the first year of the expanded College Football Playoff
Ohio State came out on top in the national championship on Monday, outlasting a late Notre Dame comeback push to win 34-23. The game brought an end to the first edition of the expanded College Football Playoff, which features 12 teams vying for the title instead of four.
Why expanding the College Football Playoff worked – and what still needs to be fixed
Now that it’s all over and the Ohio State Buckeyes are the college football national champions, it can be definitively said: Expanding the College Football Playoff worked.
How to make the College Football Playoff better | Don Williams
We grew up on a college football season that climaxed on New Year's Day. Is there a way back to that while keeping the excitement of the past month?
Tuesdays with Gorney: Prediction for next season’s College Football Playoff
With Ohio State winning the national championship over Notre Dame on Monday night, it’s now time to focus on the 12-team playoff for next season. In today’s Tuesdays With Gorney, Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney takes his shot to seed the 12 teams that will fill the College Football Playoff bracket next season.
Teams with most No. 1 appearances in College Football Playoff rankings
Making it to No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings means everything. What teams have made it to the top of the polls up to now?
Ohio State provided blueprint for success in 12-team College Football Playoff era: Will others follow suit?
Monday night in Atlanta, Ohio State won the first national championship of the 12-team College Football Playoff era. In the process, the Buckeyes showed provided the rest of the college football world with the blueprint for success going forward in this new landscape.
Ranking the best champions of the College Football Playoff era, starting with Alabama, LSU
Since the start of the College Football Playoff in 2014, there have been 11 national champions. Which were the best? We ranked them all.
College Football Playoff: 7 non-playoff teams with viable at-large chances in 2025
Assuming we want to put forth an entirely new College Football Playoff field without any returning teams from last year, how would we got about doing it? After picking five non-playoff teams to win their leagues,
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.
Who will win the College Football Playoff title game? Ohio State favored over Notre Dame
Jesse Temple: Ohio State has been a juggernaut during a three-game winning streak in the Playoff, embarrassing Tennessee and ...
2025 NFL Draft: Stock up, stock down from College Football Playoff as Quinn Ewers disappoints, receivers surge
When it came to the NFL Draft, there used to be this phenomenon called "bowl-game bias," when a prospect would see massive ...
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Notre Dame releases start time for 2025 season opener vs. Miami Hurricanes
Well, we know now, as the official Notre Dame football social media page shared on Thursday afternoon that the game will have a 8:30 p.m. ET start, meaning another Irish primetime season opener.
Bengals hire Al Golden as their defensive coordinator
Golden informed Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman of his decision on Wednesday. Golden replaces Lou Anarumo, who led Cincinnati’s defense for six seasons.
Bill Belichick and North Carolina have a signed contract for his hiring as football coach
North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick and school officials have signed his official employment contract.
Ohio State’s MVPs made it clear why Buckeyes never felt the heat on Ryan Day
Ryan Day needed the national championship not to save his job, but to remind everybody why he was Urban Meyer's successor.
Average GPA of Tennessee Players Under Josh Heupel Turns Heads
The Tennessee Volunteers have established themselves as one of the leading contenders in the SEC under the leadership of head ...