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How Lane Kiffin’s Exit Changed Ole Miss’ College Football Playoff Outlook
Ole Miss hosts its first College Football Playoff game without Lane Kiffin after his stunning move to LSU changed the Rebels’ historic season....
College Football Conference Championship Best Betting Picks, Predictions
Expert betting picks for college football championship weekend, including Ohio State vs. Indiana, Georgia vs. Alabama, BYU vs. Texas Tech, and Virginia vs. Duke....
Could the 12-Team CFP Include Two Group of Six Teams? This Year Says Yes
The latest CFP rankings show a real chance for two Group of Six teams to make the 12-team playoff, creating a scenario that could leave a Power Four team out....
Why the Penultimate College Football Playoff Rankings Make No Sense
The CFP committee’s latest rankings raise major questions about consistency, bias, and logic. Here’s why fans should be frustrated this season....
How Lane Kiffin’s Exit and Other Moves Impact the CFP Field
2025 College Football Playoff teams face major coaching upheaval, from Lane Kiffin’s Ole Miss exit to Group of Five contenders, shaking the postseason landscape....
Ranking the Group of Five Teams Fighting for the Final College Football Playoff Spot
The ACC could miss the playoffs entirely. Here’s how JMU, North Texas, and Tulane stack up for the final Group of Five playoff spot....
Duke’s Stunning Title Berth Could Cost the ACC College Football Playoff Spot
Duke’s unexpected trip to the ACC Championship puts the league’s playoff hopes in jeopardy. Here’s why Miami — not Notre Dame or Alabama — deserves a spot if Virginia falls....
Steve Sarkisian Makes His Playoff Case But Here’s Why Texas Doesn't Belong
Steve Sarkisian says Texas deserves a playoff spot, but a three-loss résumé and a bad loss to Florida make their CFP case fall apart....
CFP rankings: Same top five, Oregon moves to No. 6
The top five of the College Football Playoff rankings did not change Tuesday, while Oregon was bumped one spot to No. 6 as a reward for defeating ranked rival Southern California over the weekend.,Oregon's move came at the expense of Ole Miss, which slipped to No. 7 on an idle week (and amid the sag...
College Football Conference Championship Predictions: Bold Picks for Every Power League
Predicting every 2024 college football conference championship matchup, including bold picks, chaotic ACC scenarios, and key games that will shape the expanded playoff field this weekend....
College Football Playoff Nightmare? How Duke’s Run Could Upend the ACC
With three weeks left in the ACC season, Georgia Tech, Virginia, Pitt, and Duke are in a logjam. Duke could make the conference championship, but a CFP bid isn’t guaranteed, creating a potential playoff headache....
Baylor AD Mack Rhoades taking leave, also stepping away as CFP chair
Mack Rhoades is taking a leave from his job as athletic director at Baylor and also stepping away from his position as the College Football Playoff chairman, ESPN reported Thursday, citing personal reasons.,Per the report, Rhoades told ESPN that he informed the school he intended to leave his role f...
Top 5 remains same, Texas Tech jumps to 6th in CFP rankings update
The top five teams remained unchanged while Texas Tech leapt up two spots to No. 6 in the second version of this year's College Football Playoff rankings, which were announced Tuesday night.,The three remaining FBS unbeaten teams are at the top of the rankings, with defending champion Ohio State No....
First CFP Rankings Breakdown: Ohio State Tops Poll, Miami Snubbed by Committee
Ohio State tops the first College Football Playoff rankings, but ACC fans aren’t happy. Breaking down the biggest winners, losers, and surprises....
Watch for Virginia, Indiana, BYU when first CFP bracket unveiled
After 11 weeks of play, we finally get the first set of College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday night.,When the first 12-team bracket is unveiled, it will include a number of teams who were expected to be firmly in the mix (hello, Ohio State, Georgia and Alabama) while other preseason favorites...
CFP updates metric for measuring strength of schedule
The College Football Playoff selection committee has enhanced its metrics for evaluating strength of schedule, one of the changes announced Wednesday for the 2025 season.,The metric has been adjusted to apply greater weight to games against strong opponents. An additional metric called "record stren...
Why the Big Ten’s College Football Playoff Plan Sucks (But Expansion Doesn’t)
College football’s postseason is broken. The Big Ten’s playoff proposal is bad, but a bigger playoff is the only way forward....
College football leaders evaluating Week 0 start to season
As the back end of the college football season keeps expanding for upper-echelon teams, a proposal is now on the table to turn the early Week 0 window for select games into the new start to the season.,By moving the season up one week for all teams, not just those who obtain a waiver for an early st...
Big 12 commish: Big Ten, SEC share 'great responsibility' with CFP model
Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormak doubled down on his support of the 5+11 model for the College Football Playoff on Friday, despite another proposed model that would guarantee his conference two playoff spots.,The 5+11 model would give five automatic spots to the highest-ranked conference champions, ...
College Football Already Has the Perfect Playoff Blueprint: Just Copy the FCS
The FCS Playoff format offers a clear, competitive, and proven model for college football’s postseason. So why is the FBS reinventing the wheel?...