The College Football Playoff schedule continues on Saturday evening when No. 5 seed Texas hosts No. 12 seed Clemson and No. 8 seed Ohio State hosts No. 9 seed Tennessee. Texas is coming off an overtime loss to Georgia in the SEC Championship, giving the Longhorns a chance to host a playoff game. Clemson earned … Read more
After the College Football Playoff began on Friday with No. 7 Notre Dame handling No. 10 Indiana, Saturday gives us an entire day of action with three games wrapping up the first round of the 12-team format. Time: Noon ET | TV: TNT | Line: Penn State -8.5 | Total: 54.5 SMU was the last … Read more
By Pete Sampson, Joe Rexrode and Seth Emerson SOUTH BEND, Ind. — No. 7 Notre Dame cruised past No. 10 Indiana 27-17 in the first game of the 12-team College Football Playoff on Friday night. The Fighting Irish advance to play No. 2 Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1. Two interceptions in the … Read more
Jeremiyah Love tied a Notre Dame record with his 98-yard TD run against Indiana in the College Football Playoff on Friday night. (Photo by Jeffrey Brown/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Indiana was no match for Notre Dame. The No. 7 Fighting Irish cruised to a 27-17 win over the No. 10 Hoosiers in the inaugural … Read more
We are done screaming at each other over which teams do and don’t deserve a spot in the College Football Playoff. That time is gone. There’s no more need for hypotheticals, whether sensible or not, because it’s time to determine some winners on the field. The first round of the first 12-team College Football Playoff … Read more
Championship weekend delivered a blockbuster befitting of the first 12-team College Football Playoff. In Atlanta, it took overtime, but Georgia, even after two regular-season losses, claimed the SEC by beating Texas and stealing an all-important first-round bye from the Longhorns, who will still host a quarterfinal against 12-seed Clemson. Top-ranked Oregon and Penn State engaged … Read more
Joel Klatt Lead College Football Analyst The first round of the 2024-25 College Football Playoff takes place this weekend. Before the games begin, I wanted to pick each of the first-round matchups and share my bracket for the inaugural edition of the expanded 12-team playoff. You might want to take my advice as well, as … Read more
No team wants to lose in the first round of the College Football Playoff, but there’s more at stake here than just wins and losses. For each team, a loss could confirm worst nightmares and validate what outside noise has been saying all season. The first round of the 12-team CFP era kicks off on … Read more
Who will win the first 12-team College Football Playoff? Six teams received at least one vote in our survey of 30 college football writers and editors at The Athletic, a big change from 10 years of postseason tournaments in which only four teams were in the field. Though Oregon got a majority of the votes, plenty … Read more
The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff (CFP) is officially here. Once seen as a complicated process that included math equations and plenty of disagreements, college football’s postseason structure has changed a lot over the past three decades. It started in 1997 when college football’s six biggest conferences joined forces to create the Bowl Championship Series, … Read more