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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....
CFP rankings: Alabama, Notre Dame hold final at-large spots
Ohio State, Indiana, Georgia and Texas Tech owned the top four spots in the penultimate College Football Playoff rankings released Tuesday night ahead of conference championship weekend.,Georgia and Texas Tech moved up a spot thanks to then-No. 3 Texas A&M's loss to Texas last Saturday. Oregon and O...
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....
Playoff Picture: Bears at Packers center of seismic Sunday ahead
New England, Baltimore, Jacksonville and Denver. Those are the first-place teams in the AFC, and we'd like to connect the polygraph machine if you claim these were your preseason division winner picks. ,Spoiler alert: this isn't how it ends. ,That's because as division matchups ramp up in December, ...
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...
UConn's Skyler Bell joins big-name WRs as Biletnikoff finalist
Jeremiah Smith of Ohio State, Makai Lemon of Southern California and Skyler Bell of UConn are the 2025 Biletnikoff Award finalists, announced Tuesday.,The award is presented annually to the season's most outstanding FBS receiver at any position.,The surprise of the list is Bell, who had a breakout s...
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....
Chiefs ST coach Dave Toub tees off on Donald Trump's kickoff take
President Donald Trump waded into the revised kickoff rules in the NFL. Chiefs special teams coach Dave Toub would gladly usher him right back out of the conversation.,Toub, 63, said Trump's critique doesn't hold much weight.,"He doesn't even know what he's looking at. He has no idea what's going on...
Mexico to host 6-team playoff tournament for World Cup spots
Two FIFA World Cup 2026 spots will be up for grabs in a six-team playoff tournament that will take place during March in Mexico.,Iraq, Congo, Jamaica, Suriname, Bolivia and New Caledonia will gather March 23-31 in the cities of Guadalajara and Monterrey for one last chance at making the World Cup, w...
CFP: Georgia joins Ohio State, Indiana, Texas A&M in top 4
The top three teams in the College Football Playoff rankings -- Ohio State, Indiana and Texas A&M -- remained unchanged while Georgia slid into No. 4 and the last first-round bye in the committee's latest rankings revealed Tuesday night.,Georgia capitalized on the biggest result of the weekend, riva...
Four accept qualifying offers, Kyle Schwarber on to free agency
Of the 13 players that were given one-year, $22.025 million qualifying offers, four accepted by Tuesday's deadline, including outfielder Trent Grisham of the New York Yankees.,Among those that rejected the offer was Kyle Schwarber of the Philadelphia Phillies, who remains a free agent after hitting ...
Aaron Rodgers’ Wrist Injury Could Stifle Pittsburgh Steelers’ Playoff Hopes
The Steelers improved to 6-4 after beating the Bengals, but Aaron Rodgers’ wrist injury puts Pittsburgh’s playoff hopes in doubt as Mason Rudolph prepares to start against the Bears....
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...
Joe Burrow’s 2025 Return Will Determine Cincinnati Bengals’ Playoff Fate
Joe Burrow enters a 21-day practice window, with the Bengals’ playoff hopes hinging on his return and upcoming key games in the AFC North....
Keyshawn Hall stuffs stat sheet as No. 20 Auburn whomps Wofford
Elyjah Freeman recorded 21 points and five rebounds and No. 20 Auburn rolled to a 93-62 victory over visiting Wofford in Tuesday night's nonconference game.,Keyshawn Hall added 20 points, 11 rebounds, six assists, three blocked shots and two steals for the Tigers (3-0). He made all three of his 3-po...
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....