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The 2025 college football season kicked off with a bang, and nowhere was the drama more pronounced than in the Group of Five (G5) battle for the coveted automatic berth in the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff. Forget the Texas-Ohio State showdown. While preseason favorites like Boise State entered the year with high expectations, Jon […]

Week 1 of the college football season had some surprising results, with Arch Manning’s play in Texas’ 14-7 loss to Ohio State as one big one. Another was Alabama losing to unranked Florida State, 34-17, as questions swirl about the Crimson Tide program. Both teams were ranked in the top 10 in the AP preseason […]

The 2025 college football season is underway, and in a few months, the second 12-team College Football Playoff will begin. The format shifted from four teams to 12 last season, and it was clear that some kinks needed to be worked out. There are some changes this year, for example the fact that byes no […]

With the 2025 season set to begin this coming Saturday with five Week 0 matchups, college football is almost back. As fans settle into an opening week set led by a Big 12 conference matchup featured ranked Kansas State and Iowa State in Ireland, the excitement inside the college football world continues to build. A […]

The changing landscape of college football has revolved around two conferences: the SEC and the Big Ten. Due to those two conferences, the College Football Playoff moved from four to 12 teams, but there has been a holdup in increasing the number of teams since the Big Ten plays nine conference games and the SEC […]

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish enter the 2025-26 season ranked within the Top 10 (No. 6 in AP Poll and No. 5 in Coach’s Poll). Expectations are high after the program reached the national championship, which resulted in a 34-23 loss to the Ohio State Buckeyes. With a new season ahead, it sounds like one […]

Ever since news was reported a few days ago that the Big Ten was exploring a College Football Playoff that is expanded to 24 or 28 teams, the college football world has been abuzz with possibility. Although a lot of executives aren’t in favor of the expansion proposed by the Big Ten, not all of […]

Big Ten officials want to pitch an idea that would expand the College Football Playoff from its current 12 team format to potentially up to 28. The problem is that administrators around the college football landscape aren’t thrilled with the league’s execution. News of the Big Ten’s plan leaked before commissioner Tony Petitti was able […]

As analyst Joel Klatt is going all-in on the Clemson football team this season, the hype around the team continues as the former quarterback for the University of Colorado makes a bold prediction for the program. Correspondingly, with the Clemson football team looking to rank high on the AP Poll throughout the season, Klatt would […]

At the moment, the Big Ten holds NCAA football’s top prize: the College Football Playoff National Championship trophy. The golden piece of hardware resides in Columbus, Ohio, home of the Ohio State football program. The Buckeyes won the CFP’s first 12-team playoff in January, defeating Tennessee, Oregon, Texas and Notre Dame to capture the title. […]

It is year two for Indiana football under Curt Cignetti. The first year was a massive success. It was the first time Indiana had ever won 11 games in a season, and they would qualify for the College Football Playoff. The Hooisers would fall to Notre Dame in the first round of the playoffs. Indiana […]

The amount of conference games a college football team plays each year depends on what conference the team is in. In the Big Ten and Big 12, every team has nine conference games. In the ACC and SEC, teams only play eight. Obviously, that gives teams in the ACC and SEC a bit of an […]

The talk of the offseason in college football is the proposed expansion of the College Football Playoff, and the ACC seems to be getting left behind in some of the potential scenarios. Not that the conference would b entirely left out, of course, but the Big Ten and the SEC are pursuing automatic bids into […]

Ohio State football comes into the 2025 season as the hunted after winning the College Football Playoff National Championship last season, running the expanded CFP gauntlet with very impressive wins over Tennessee, Oregon, Texas and Notre Dame. Now, everyone is gunning for the Buckeyes heading into 2025. While Ohio State was the first team to […]

There’s a lot of talk in college football about proposing additional changes to the College Football Playoff. Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti added more fuel to all that fire on Tuesday, when he made a bold statement at Big Ten Media Day. “To be clear, any college football playoff format that increases the discretion and […]

The Penn State football team made its first appearance in the College Football Playoff last season, and expectations for the program are even higher this year. The Nittany Lions are bringing back loads of talent, and most importantly, their quarterback is returning. Drew Allar is back for another season, and having an experienced QB is […]

The College Football Playoff Committee has been discussing a possible expansion to change the 12-team format to 16. However, the two biggest conferences in the nation, the Big Ten and SEC, are at odds over one request that would ultimately make the change. Reports indicate that the Big Ten gave the SEC an ultimatum in […]

SEC media days are in full swing and have taken center stage as the season starts. The SEC is the center of the college football universe every season due to its fan bases, coaching talent, and talent across the conference. However, the biggest name in the room is Commissioner Greg Sankey, and he has been […]

The first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff was a success, as teams battled throughout the regular season to make it into the expanded field before providing fans with a dramatic postseason. However, the world of college football is already looking for tweaks and improvements. Expansion has been a hot topic once again this […]

The college football season is right around the corner, and the start of conference media days really signifies that the 2025 season is close. Big 12 Media Days got underway on Tuesday from Frisco, Texas, and commissioner Brett Yormark took to the podium to discuss the upcoming season. He had a lot to talk about, […]

More changes are coming to the College Football Playoff as player availability reports will be required for CFP games next season. This is something that the the Big Ten and the SEC have done, so it’s not a big surprise to see the CFP make the change as those two conferences have the majority of […]

A lot of the news in college football on Wednesday has surrounded what will happen with the College Football Playoff. The 2026 format for the playoffs has been a hot topic due to its expansion to 16 teams in 2026 and how it should work out. The key argument stemmed from two different formats, the […]

Texas Tech football head coach Joey McGuire fired off a stern warning Wednesday. One directed toward the College Football Playoff committee. And he’s sending this “bias” statement in defense of his conference. McGuire appeared on Sirius XM radio to state his case. He’s calling for a new solution moving forward. “We’ve got to take some […]

The future of the College Football Playoff has been a hot topic in the offseason, and the model for what the expanded model should look like is making all sorts of headlines. The two proposed models are a 4-4-2-2-1-3 model and a 5-plus-11 model. The 5-plus-11 model is gaining much more traction recently, especially among […]

It’s unclear what the College Football Playoff is going to look like down the road, but it’s becoming more clear that changes are coming, and they’re coming soon. Expansion has been a hot topic in recent weeks, and it sounds like the sport is trending toward a 16-team CFP. That could end up being great […]

These last few days, much has been made about what a 16-team College Football Playoff would look like and what the power conferences want to do. The Big Ten wants a 4-4-2-2-1-3 format with each conference guaranteeing a certain number of teams. The other format gaining traction recently is a 5+11 format for every conference […]

College football, as it has been for numerous years now, is in a precarious place. Many of the stakeholders have different agendas and visions for college football in the immediate and long-term future, and that may lead to some even more significant changes, specifically to the College Football Playoff (CFP). A growing divide in the […]

Big changes are coming to college football in the near future. From College Football Playoff expansion to scheduling partnerships, things could look very different in a few years. One change that has been discussed is an alliance between the Big Ten and SEC. The two teams are discussing a model that would give each team […]

The College Football Playoff has dominated the discussion around the sport this offseason as talks of expansion and a potential monopoly for the Big Ten and the SEC begin to heat up. The CFP just expanded to 12 teams last season, but more change already seems to be on the horizon. Talks of a 16-team […]

It sounds like the College Football Playoff will be expanding past 12 teams, but it’s still unclear when a change will happen and how many teams will qualify. One potential format is a 16-team CFP with five automatic qualifier spots for conference champions, and 11 at-large bids. The Big Ten and SEC have been in […]

The College Football Playoff committee is currently undergoing conversations about potentially expanding the 12-team playoff format to 14 or 16 teams. Nothing is decided yet, but many expect the postseason to expand yet again after just moving from four teams to 12. With everything up in the air, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey put some pressure […]

The everchanging landscape of college football has sparked a lot of debate regarding what is right and wrong for the sport. The current chatter is primarily surrounding the College Football Playoff. Last season was the first year of the 12-team CFP, but it seems like we are trending in the direction of further expansion. We […]

Greg Sankey has made headlines in the last few days after making big claims at the SEC meetings in Destin, Florida. Sankey made headlines after a fiery rebuttal against the ACC and Big 12, claiming they were coordinating with press releases about what they prefer the format for the new expanded College Football Playoff to […]

Since the College Football Playoff came into existence, the sport’s powerbrokers have seemingly been trying to change it, and Greg Sankey, the outspoken SEC commissioner, is among the loudest critics when it comes to the current playoff system. Since his league sent three teams, but not Alabama, into the first 12-team playoff, Sankey has been […]

Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin is not one to mince words about anything. After all, it was Kiffin who exposed a difference between USC and Ole Miss football, the former of which he had previously coached. He said that at USC, it is primarily about education, whereas at Ole Miss, it is about football.  […]

Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer still doesn’t understand why his Crimson Tide were left out of the 2024 College Football Playoff. The Crimson Tide barely missed the cut, as Ohio State went on to win the CFP. DeBoer insists his team was good enough to make the field. There were 12 teams this past season […]

The College Football Playoff is going to look a bit different next season as the committee voted to change the seeding model. Last year, the top-four seeds and byes were given to the four highest-ranked conference champions. Now, it will be a straight-seeding model, so the top-four teams in the final CFP rankings will get […]

Last season, we saw the first ever edition of the 12-team College Football Playoff. There were aspects that went well and were enjoyed by fans, and then there were also some things that need improvement. One part of the format that people didn’t like was the seeding. The highest-ranked conference champions received byes, and that […]

A big topic of discussion in the college football world right now is the College Football Playoff and what the right number of teams is. From 2014-2023, it was four, but that number went up to 12 last season. Based on discussions that have been taking place in the sport, it doesn’t seem like that […]