College Football Playoff Articles - Page 18

The Michigan Wolverines went into Saturday’s Fiesta Bowl/CFP Semifinal as a slim favorite to take down TCU but heading into halftime, they trail 21-6 after a very sloppy two quarters. It will a ton of guts and determination to even come back from an 18-point deficit and unfortunately, this Jim Harbaugh coaching stat isn’t good […]

The Ohio State Buckeyes head into Saturday’s College Football Playoff Semifinal as a clear underdog against defending champions Georgia. And if you’re asking CFB analyst Lee Corso if they have any chance of winning this game, he is increasingly confident the Bulldogs will roll over the Big Ten standouts. Via Brad Galli: “Lee Corso on […]

It’s hard to find a team that has improved more over the course of this season than Notre Dame football. The Fighting Irish started off the season 0-2, which included an embarrassing home loss to Marshall. Many began doubting first-year head coach Marcus Freeman and wondering if the Irish would make a bowl game at […]

The Georgia football program has become the current juggernaut in college football. Now comes the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Peach Bowl in Atlanta against Ohio State. When sizing up Georgia Ohio State, what is the one thing the Dawgs need to be concerned about more than anything else? Where can the Buckeyes pounce […]

The TCU Horned Frogs head into the College Football Playoff looking to prove the nation wrong. Following a 12-1 season, TCU is looking to win their first National Championship since 1938. To do this, they will first need to take down JJ McCarthy and the Michigan Wolverines in the Fiesta Bowl Now with quarterback Max […]

The TCU Horned Frogs will face off against the Michigan Wolverines in the 2022 College Football Playoff at the State Farm Stadium. The Horned Frogs are the underdogs in this matchup, as the Wolverines have a strong and successful football program. However, TCU football will no doubt be determined to put up a fight and […]

The 2022 College Football Orange Bowl will feature a matchup between the Clemson Tigers and the Tennessee Volunteers. Both teams have had successful seasons and will be looking to finish strong with a win in this highly anticipated bowl game. The Tigers, led by head coach Dabo Swinney, have done pretty well this season, going […]

The College Football Playoff Fiesta Bowl will feature a matchup between the Michigan Wolverines and the TCU Horned Frogs. Both teams have had successful seasons and will be looking to finish strong with a win in this highly anticipated bowl game to advance to the National Championship Game. Michigan football, led by head coach Jim […]

Led by quarterback Max Duggan, the TCU Horned Frogs have had their best season in recent history. Now, with a 12-1 record, they are set to take on the Michigan Wolverines in the Fiesta Bowl. In the semifinals of the College Football Playoffs, TCU will be in for a challenge against a strong Michigan team. […]

With Michigan set to take on TCU in the College Football Playoff semifinal, all eyes are on quarterback JJ McCarthy. The Michigan QB1 has high expectations for himself, setting his sights on being better than Tom Brady himself. Ahead of the Michigan-TCU matchup in The Fiesta Bowl, JJ McCarthy appeared on The Rich Eisen Show. […]

The Michigan Wolverines enter this year’s College Football Playoff battle tested after getting knocked out in the 2021 semifinal. The Michigan football program hasn’t won a CFP National Championship since the 1997 season, when they were led by Heisman Trophy winner Charles Woodson. The Wolverines’ College Football Playoff quest won’t be easy without star running […]

The College Football Playoff Peach Bowl will feature a highly anticipated matchup between defending national champions Georgia Bulldogs and the Ohio State Buckeyes. Both teams have had successful seasons and are looking to win in this prestigious bowl game and advance to the National Championship Game. The Bulldogs, led by head coach Kirby Smart, have […]

On Saturday, CJ Stroud and the Ohio State Buckeyes will be taking on the Georgia Bulldogs in the Peach Bowl. This highly anticipated College Football Playoff matchup will feature two teams with National Championship aspirations. Led by Stroud, Ohio State finished the regular season with an 11-1 record. Following a loss to Michigan in the […]

Ahead of the Michigan Wolverines Fiesta Bowl matchup against TCU, it appears that the defense will be getting back a familiar face. Star edge rusher Mike Morris looks ready to return in the first round of the College Football Playoffs. Mike Morris has been elite for the Michigan defense this season. In just 10 games, […]

The Georgia Bulldogs entered the 2022 season with sky-high expectations. Last season, they won their first national title since 1980 after defeating SEC rival Alabama 33-18 in the College Football Playoff Championship Game. Fast forward to December, and the Bulldogs have the chance to become back-to-back national champions. The team went a perfect 12-0 in […]

Marvin Harrison Jr knows the Ohio State Buckeyes are underdogs heading into their College Football Playoff semifinal matchup against the Georgia Bulldogs. And Harrison is fine with it. In fact, the star wideout is excited to play the ‘villain’ role against Georgia in the Peach Bowl. The Ohio State football receiver spoke out on his […]

JJ McCarthy was watching from the sidelines as his Michigan Wolverines had their 2021 season end in crushing fashion in a 34-11 loss to the Georgia Bulldogs in last year’s College Football Playoff semifinal. McCarthy, a 5-star recruit, was backing up then-starter Cade McNamara, who had led Michigan football to a win over Ohio State […]

The Ohio State Buckeyes have as good a case to be made as a College Football Playoff contender as any team in the nation, even as they prepare to take on a juggernaut, the Georgia Bulldogs, in the Peach Bowl. Ohio State football has a Heisman Trophy-caliber quarterback, an offense that can explode at any […]

Sonny Dykes and TCU know they have their hands full in a College Football Playoff Fiesta Bowl matchup with JJ McCarthy and Michigan. The Wolverines are arguably the hottest team in the nation right now, riding high after conquering their hated rival Ohio State, then defeating Purdue in the Big Ten title game. Needless to […]

The Ohio State Buckeyes made it to the College Football Playoff for the fifth time since the system began in 2014, giving themselves a chance to secure their ninth National Championship title. But Ohio State football will have their hands full, as the no. 4 ranked Buckeyes will have to take on arguably the nation’s […]

College football bowl season is officially underway, and the matchups continue to heat up as the weeks go on. The early bowls have already provided some great games, but the real meat of the season is yet to come. Once New Year’s rolls around, college football fans will be unable to escape their TVs with […]

Bowl season is upon us, culminating in the College Football Playoff. That means it’s time to make some college football bowl game picks and predictions. All the teams who finished with six or more wins (two teams with 5-7 records also) get a couple more weeks of practices, incalculably valuable to their young players, as […]

When Ohio State takes on Georgia in the opening round of the College Football Playoff, they will be without a key playmaker on offense. Running back TreVeyon Henderson will not be taking the field. Throughout this season, TreVeyon Henderson has been dealing with a foot injury. Earlier in the season, he announced that he suffered […]

CJ Stroud has led Ohio State to a College Football Playoff berth while emerging as a finalist for the Heisman Trophy for the second straight year. While that’s impressive, it’s perhaps even more impressive that Stroud has managed to accomplish these feats largely without the services of arguably his best wide receiver, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who […]

Michigan defensive tackle Mazi Smith has taken a plea bargain in his felony weapons case, pleading guilty to a misdemeanor firearms weapon charge. Michigan DT Mazi Smith pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge, resulting in the dismissal of a felony charge stemming from his Oct. 7 arrest.https://t.co/e40xTjM0w9 — The Athletic (@TheAthletic) December 8, 2022 […]

The best time of the college football season is finally upon us: bowl season. The regular season is over, conference championships are in the books and teams know their bowl destinations. This bowl season features some compelling matchups, especially in the New Year’s Six, which includes the College Football Playoff matchups after the final rankings […]

Jaxon Smith-Njigba won’t be taking the field for the Ohio State Buckeyes in the College Football Playoff. Smith-Njigba, who has been battling a hamstring injury for much of the season, announced his intention to enter the NFL Draft on Monday, as reported by Pete Thamel of ESPN. “I want to be out there competing with […]

The College Football Playoff is officially set, as the Ohio State Buckeyes snuck back into the top four, joining the Georgia Bulldogs, Michigan Wolverines and TCU Horned Frogs. The Bulldogs landed at number 1, with Michigan at two, TCU at three and Ohio State landing at four. Clearly, the College Football Playoff committee believed that […]

Just like that, we have officially arrived at college football bowl season. In a season full of chaos, conference championship weekend provided arguably the craziest slate of games yet. The results this weekend shook up the College Football Playoff picture, and especially the New Year’s Six bowl games. Georgia and Michigan, the top two teams […]

TCU’s unbeaten streak came to a heartbreaking end in the Big 12 Championship Game, when Kansas State upset them, 31-28, in overtime. This Horned Frogs’ loss was maybe the scenario they had feared the most, as the program’s postseason aspirations now lie in the hands of a committee. Here we will discuss why the TCU […]

Losses by USC and TCU in their conference championship game have thrown the College Football Playoff rankings up for grabs. USC was hammered 47-24 by Utah in the Pac-12 title game, while TCU suffered a 31-28 defeat in overtime against Kansas State. Georgia and Michigan are the dominant teams in college football. The Bulldogs have […]

Sonny Dykes’ TCU squad lost a tight Big 12 Championship game in overtime by a score of 31-28, putting their College Football Playoff hopes on shakier ground with Selection Sunday looming. TCU’s playoff chances were a popular topic in the postgame press conference. Dykes was asked for his thoughts on TCU football’s odds of making […]

TCU football star quarterback Max Duggan left it all on the field Saturday, but it wasn’t enough as the Horned Frogs suffered their first loss of the season in the Big 12 Championship to the Kansas State Wildcats in overtime. Now, TCU’s College Football Playoff chances are in jeopardy and Duggan couldn’t hold back the […]

Ryan Day and Ohio State’s College Football Playoff hopes are still alive, thanks to the USC Trojans’ loss to Utah. And the moment is clearly not lost on Day, who knows what the Buckeyes need to do now. The Ohio State football head coach delivered this epic message to his team, per Bill Rabinowitz of […]

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey recently said that Tennessee and Alabama football deserve College Football Playoff consideration. He added that LSU also should merit consideration if they defeat Georgia, per Ross Dellenger. “I look at the rigor of our league, and we have teams ranked No. 6 and No. 7 that merit consideration and I’m confident […]

News broke on Thursday that the Rose Bowl had cleared its grievances and the path is now wide open for the College Football Playoff to expand to 12 teams starting in 2024. Until then, however, we’re stuck with the four-team format first brought to light in 2014. However, what’s the fun in waiting two years […]

After a long and exciting 2022 regular season, the conference championship week is finally here. The results from the key championship games could seriously affect the postseason, from the New Year’s Six bowls to the College Football Playoff, just like last week did. Teams such as the Michigan Wolverines had important wins, while others such […]

College Football Playoff expansion is happening. CFP committee members are told the Rose Bowl has signed off on expanding the playoffs to 12 teams, starting in 2024. The Rose Bowl needed to sign off on the expansion as they are a “contract bowl.” Game organizers sought certain assurances in any amended contract. The Rose Bowl […]

The College Football Playoff rankings dropped once again on Tuesday night, with little surprises within the top-six teams, as Georgia, Michigan, TCU, USC, Ohio State and Alabama comprised the top teams in the nation. However, committee chair Boo Corrigan’s comments indicate that college football fans could be in for a surprise, mainly in the form […]