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November is officially here, which means it is time to predict the first 2022-23 College Football Playoff Rankings. The CFP committee will announce its first top 25 Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET, so fans will have the first picture of who has a chance of making it to the College Football Playoff. The 2022 regular […]

UCLA football has been a pleasant surprise this season, as Chip Kelly’s program is undefeated and currently ranked inside the top 10 of the AP Top 25 poll. With huge Pac-12 aspirations- and possible even bigger goals, the Bruins can get one step closer to such hopes with a win over the rival Oregon Ducks […]

After 15 years of misery against rival Alabama, Tennessee football proved this year’s team is different. In front of a raucous crowd at Neyland Stadium, the Volunteers defeated the Crimson Tide 52-49, with a last-second field goal capping off an instant classic. The Volunteers’ stunning win came as the biggest surprise from a Saturday full […]

As hard as it is to believe, the 2022 college football season is already halfway over. This season has brought some incredible storylines along with it, including Kansas’ resurgence and James Madison entering the rankings just five games into its FBS tenure. However, it seems that the more things change, the more they stay the […]

Texas A&M football head coach Jimbo Fisher recently revealed his thoughts on the expanded 12-team college football playoff, per Travis L. Brown. “Jimbo Fisher said he’s for the expanded playoff, because he believes it will bring bowl games back to relevancy. Said will bring more excitement to the regular season as well,” Brown tweeted. Bowl […]

The College Football Playoff is expanding soon — maybe sooner than you think. The CFP executive board authorized an expansion to 12 teams on Friday. It capped off a more-than-three-year effort and delivered the most substantial alteration to the playoffs in college football history. According to SI, the 11-member CFP Board of Managers unanimously voted […]

The College Football Playoff is finally expanding after years of anticipation. On Friday, the CFP Board of Managers unanimously voted to expand the tournament from four teams to 12 by 2026. The new format will include the six highest-ranked conference champions, as well as six at-large teams. The CFP expansion is not only exciting for […]

The College Football Playoff Board of Managers decided on a 12-team format after a meeting on Friday. The news broke and College Football Twitter went absolutely nuts. Here are some of the best reactions. Let’s goooooo. Reason has prevailed! https://t.co/dUQC3tdxZh — Max Olson (@max_olson) September 2, 2022 Many, like Max Olson of The Athletic, were […]

How college football works as we know it might be on its way to getting redefined. According to a report by Pete Thamel of ESPN, the College Football Playoff (CFP) board on Monday during an online meeting, touched on the subject of taking away the authority of the NCAA to govern major college football. “Multiple […]

The college football landscape seems to be changing by the day, with NIL deals, transfer portal tweaks and conference realignment promising to change the NCAA forever. The College Football Playoff is the latest to be swept up into the winds of change. It’s a topic that came up at Big Ten Media Days on Tuesday, […]

The College Football Playoff  has been the center of controversy since its inception back in 2014. On Friday, it was announced that there are not going to be any changes to the format until at least 2026. According to The Athletic’s Nicole Auerbach, the College Football Playoff will remain at four teams through the rest […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide lost to the Georgia Bulldogs in the College Football Playoff National Championship game on Monday. The Alabama offense struggled to do anything noteworthy against the Bulldogs’ skilled defense, though it was the Crimson Tide defense that also slipped up at times during the loss. Crimson Tide defensive back Khyree Jackson came […]

Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett was almost a goat in the College Football Playoff National Championship against Alabama, with a crazy fumble resulting in the Crimson Tide taking a second-half lead. But then Bennett turned into a hero, throwing two clutch touchdown passes to help lead the Bulldogs to a 33-18 win and their first national […]

Alabama Crimson Tide wide receiver Jameson Williams had the misfortune of suffering an injury just when his team needed him the most. Williams was taken off the field in the second quarter of the 2022 College Football Playoff Championship Game against the Georgia Bulldogs Monday night he hurt his knee. Williams wanted to get back […]

Alabama quarterback Bryce Young had a marvelous 2021 season, winning the Heisman Trophy and leading the Crimson Tide to the College Football Playoff National Championship. Unfortunately, Young then suffered through one of his worst games of the season against the suffocating Georgia defense, throwing two key interceptions in a 33-18 loss. The second interception sealed […]

The Georgia Bulldogs are set to face the Alabama Crimson Tide on Monday in the College Football Playoff National Championship. It’s time to continue our college football odds series with a Georgia-Alabama National Championship prediction and pick. Georgia and Alabama will meet for the second time in just over a month, as the Crimson Tide defeated […]

Slade Bolden and the Alabama Crimson Tide are in the middle of their preparation for an all-important showdown with the Cincinnati Bearcats in the Cotton Bowl on Dec. 31. At some point this year, not a few people thought that Alabama’s making it to the College Football Playoff was in huge trouble after the Crimson […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide are the no. 1 team heading into the Cotton Bowl matchup against the Cincinnati Bearcats in the College Football Playoff semifinals, but linebacker Will Anderson is not buying the favorite tag on his team. In fact, he believes it’s the other way around, via Mike Rodak of AL.com. “To me, I […]

The Michigan Wolverines are about to make a big move ahead of their Orange Bowl matchup against the Georgia Bulldogs in the College Football Playoff semifinal. This isn’t anything related to football, though. Rather, the Wolverines are going to take better care of their health. According to Michigan offensive lineman Andrew Stuber, the Wolverines will […]

The Cincinnati Bearcats have been announced as the number four team in the country and will take on the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Cotton Bowl during the College Football Playoffs semifinals. Cincinnati is the only remaining undefeated team in college football and is the first non-power 5 team to ever make it to the […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide surprised the college football world Saturday, defeating the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Championship, 41-24. However, in the win the Crimson Tide lost their star wide receiver John Metchie III for the rest of the season. Head coach Nick Saban announced Sunday that Metchie tore his ACL and will be not […]

The Michigan Wolverines received the number two seed in the College Football Playoffs and will take on the Georgia Bulldogs in the Orange Bowl. Michigan was able to secure a spot in the College Football Playoffs with big wins over Ohio State and Iowa in the Big Ten Championship. Michigan’s win against Ohio State was […]

The Georgia Bulldogs have received the number three seed in the college football playoffs and will take on the Michigan Wolverines in the Cotton Bowl. Alabama and Cincinnati are the other two teams that will be participating in the CFP. Georgia was the number one team in the country for most of the season before […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide have been announced as the number one team in the country heading into the College Football Playoffs. Michigan, Georgia, and Cincinnati are the other three teams who will be competing. Alabama will take on the number four seed, Cincinnati Bearcats, who are the only undefeated team reaming this season. The Crimson […]

The College Football Playoff (CFP) had its penultimate rankings released on Tuesday night and they saw a jump for Oklahoma State that sees them in a prime position to make their first-ever CFP. Oklahoma State is led by star dual-threat Junior quarterback Spencer Sanders. Sanders has thrown for 2,211 yards so far on the season […]

The College Football Playoff committee has announced the top 25 teams heading into the conference finals week. It seems as if only the top 10 would have a potential chance of making it, but even then, it seems as if anybody out of the top seven does not have a good chance to make it. […]

The move from the BCS system to the College Football Playoff was well overdue when it finally came to fruition in 2014. Having computers decide what teams would be the final two standing in a National Championship seemed foolish even in this advanced age of analytics. Now, there’s a new problem facing the playoff; four […]

The College Football Playoff National Championship between the Alabama Crimson Tide and Ohio State Buckeyes could be in danger of postponement. John Talty of al.com reports the Buckeyes might be without key position players next Monday as a result of COVID-19 issues, and OSU has informed “key parties” of the matter. Talty adds the home […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide are showing why they are the No. 1 team in the country and in the Rose Bowl. Alabama took a commanding lead over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in Friday’s Rose Bowl game. Star wide receiver DeVonta Smith got the Crimson Tide on the board after scoring on a 26-yard bubble […]

Alabama wide receiver and Heisman Trophy candidate DeVonta Smith got the Crimson Tide on the board early in their College Football Playoff semifinal against Notre Dame. Smith took a bubble screen from quarterback and fellow Heisman candidate Mac Jones, getting to the sideline and breezing past Fighting Irish defenders before getting into the end zone […]

Texas A&M will be on the outside looking in during this season’s College Football Playoff. Cole Thompson, the host of the daily Locked On Aggies podcast, vented about how nothing mattered to the college football playoff committee this weekend. Thompson: I’ll tell you right now, we have spoken this into existence for weeks now and […]

The four teams that will play in the College Football Playoff have been revealed, causing some controversy among fans. Despite losing in lopsided fashion to Clemson on Saturday, Notre Dame was selected to the College Football Playoff, snubbing Texas A&M and Cincinnati. Ahead of Saturday’s slate of games, the top four teams were Alabama, Clemson, […]

The four teams that will be in the College Football Playoff appear to be set after Notre Dame’s double-overtime win over Clemson on Saturday. On the daily Locked On College Football podcast, Zac Blackerby and Isaiah Hole discussed the impact of this game and the four teams that will be selected. Blackerby: I think, to […]