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College Football Playoff Board voting on 5+7 postseason modelThe College Football Playoffs are finally opening up the potential for expansion. The College Football Playoff board of managers is set to vote on a new model for a 12-team playoff that would include the five highest-ranked conference champions and the next seven highest-ranked teams. ...

The top 6 teams have a nerve-wracking path to the CFP — minus GeorgiaThere are many reasons to be envious of fans with teams in contention for the College Football Playoff, but the most relevant to this weekend is the mental and physical energy expended to get to the end of the regular season tightrope will be enough to work off those Turkey Day calories. While the r...

College football's Marty McFly Rankings Week 3: And then there was one team from Florida leftMerriam-Webster has four different entries for “back,” but none of them apply to college football teams. So it’s left up to people like me to determine what “back” actually is. Being back to Miami is not the same as being back to Washington. Also, can you get back if you never technically got anywhe...

College Football Playoff expanding to 12 teams in 2026

The College Football Playoff is expanding, finally. After a decade of a four-team tournament to determine the FBS national champion, the field is tripling starting by the 2026 season. Per ESPN’s Pete Thamel, the CFP Board of Managers approved the addition of eight teams to the annual postseason clas...

James Madison gets its moment in the Sun (Belt)

Conference realignment trickle-down has officially reached the Football Championship Series, as the Sun Belt Conference officially announced the addition of James Madison University Saturday by a unanimous vote of its members’ CEOs....

College Football Playoff Committee makes first horrible call of the season

What’s dumber and more reckless than playing a college football season during a pandemic that’s spiraling out of control?...

Rejoice! The College Football Playoff Is Probably Going To Abandon New Year's Eve

Those running the College Football Playoff wanted to institute a new sports tradition by scheduling the semifinal games on New Year’s Eve. The tradition they inaugurated was slightly different: sports fans not watching the semifinal games because it’s freaking New Year’s Eve and who the hell wants t...