College Football Playoff Articles - Page 9

Texas A&M football enters the College Football Playoff with uncertainty swirling around Le’Veon Moss, as the matchup with Miami football looms large. According to ESPN reporter Pete Thamel, the Texas A&M tailback is expected to be questionable after missing six games with an ankle injury. Moss has returned to practice, but head coach Mike Elko […]

As Dan Lanning’s Oregon Ducks prepare for its College Football Playoff opener against James Madison Dukes, one of the Ducks’ biggest challenges isn’t talent, it’s timing. Several key wide receivers are working their way back from injury, and head coach Dan Lanning acknowledged the delicate balance required to reintegrate them without disrupting what has already […]

Oklahoma football piled four sacks the last time it faced Alabama. None came from lead rusher R Mason Thomas, though, as he sat out with an injury. Now Thomas is back — leading to a major endorsement from Brent Venables ahead of their College Football Playoff meeting. The head coach trusted his other rushers to […]

Oklahoma football hasn’t smelled the Pasadena roses since Baker Mayfield led them in 2018. The Sooners earn their shot at a Rose Bowl trip this Friday to kick off their College Football Playoff run. But familiar foe Alabama stands in the way. No doubt the Crimson Tide find themselves thinking about the previous two meetings […]

It’s not uncommon for college football coaches to briefly have two jobs, but Jon Sumrall’s situation is certainly unique. Because Tulane, the team he has coached for the past two years, made the College Football Playoff (CFP), Sumrall is splitting his time coaching the Green Wave and simultaneously building his coaching staff at Florida, which hired […]

The 12-team College Football Playoff allows for more time for NFL Draft prospects to boost their stock. March Madness leads to breakout performances in basketball, and football’s postseason can serve a similar function. The opposite can be true, too, because if players falter under the bright lights of the biggest football games of the season, […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide continue reshaping their coaching staff during a critical postseason stretch, and the program’s latest move reinforces that direction. With the College Football Playoff approaching, the No. 9 ranked Crimson Tide addressed a key vacancy as they prioritize stability and continuity during the most important phase of the season. The Crimson Tide […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide may be getting a crucial offensive piece back at the perfect time. Bama football’s offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb sounded optimistic on Tuesday about the availability of running back Jam Miller ahead of Friday night’s College Football Playoff matchup against Oklahoma in Norman. Miller, Alabama’s leading rusher, missed the SEC Championship Game […]

Alabama Crimson Tide’s path to postseason redemption begins Friday night in Norman, where Ryan Grubb’s offense will face a familiar and unforgiving opponent. In an 8 vs. 9 College Football Playoff matchup, No. 9 Alabama travels to No. 8 Oklahoma for a rematch that carries unfinished business after the Tide’s Nov. 15 loss by 21-23 […]

Oregon Ducks’ defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi is preparing for a massive career transition, but not before finishing what he views as unfinished business in Eugene. Recently hired as the next head coach at California, Lupoi made it clear that leaving the Oregon Ducks before their College Football Playoff run was never an option. Lupoi addressed […]

There has been a lot of uproar about the teams that made the College Football Playoff, specifically because Notre Dame was left out and two Group of Five schools made the postseason instead. The issue stemmed from the fact that Duke made the conference championship game, and not only did they make it, but they […]

The College Football Transfer Portal has its first 2026 entrants — with Cincinnati football now hit hard. Quarterback Brendan Sorsby is leaving the Bearcats, making the decision Monday. There’s a catch coming with Sorsby’s decision, though. The dual-threat quarterback is open to entering the NFL Draft too. However, that decision gets based on what his […]

The Oklahoma Sooners and Alabama Crimson Tide are set to lock horns once again this season in a much-anticipated College Football Playoff rematch. The Sooners prevailed by a narrow two points against Alabama in November. The win set up the Sooners for their fifth CFP appearance in school history and first since 2019. Since then, […]

Alabama football is currently preparing for a rematch against Oklahoma in the College Football Playoff. The team is doing this in the midst of speculation that Kalen DeBoer could leave Alabama for Michigan. As the team is playoff-bound, Robert Griffin III is speaking out about “SEC bias” by the selection committee, by including Alabama in […]

Texas Tech will carry the Big 12 on its back to close December. The upcoming College Football Playoff features the Red Raiders as the lone conference representative. Meanwhile, where does BYU and Utah land in the final Big 12 power rankings? 1. Texas Tech (-) Patrick Mahomes is energized to see history made in Lubbock. […]

The Big Ten will have three teams representing its conference in the 2025-2026 College Football Playoff bracket, the second-most of any league behind the SEC. The conference was apparently not satisfied with that number and attempted to push for more with a 24-team expansion proposal. The Big Ten not only wanted more teams in the […]

The Atlantic Coast Conference went into chaos toward the end of 2025 thanks to Duke. The Blue Devils sparked College Football Playoff conversations by winning the conference, despite having five losses. But is it Duke, Miami or Virginia who claim first in the final ACC power rankings? 1. Miami (+2) Mario Cristobal manages to get […]

Another year, another set of complaints about the College Football Playoff (CFP). Although Alabama’s exclusion from last year’s inaugural 12-team playoff drew some complaints, mostly from in and around the Tuscaloosa area, most criticisms of the 2024 edition had to do with the likes of Boise State and Arizona State receiving first-round byes thanks to […]

The biggest story of the final College Football Playoff selections was that Notre Dame was snubbed and missed out on the 12-team playoff. The Fighting Irish were shocked by the snub, and in response, they decided to opt out of bowl season entirely. There has been a lot of frustration bubbling up among Fighting Irish […]

The revelation that Notre Dame has a secret agreement with the College Football Playoff (CFP) committee has not endeared the Fighting Irish to the rest of the country. Following Notre Dame’s playoff snub, in which it fell behind Miami in the final CFP rankings despite neither team playing that week, news broke that the Irish […]

The Notre Dame football team is going bowling after all — but not the kind fans expected. Following a season that ended just outside the College Football Playoff field, the Fighting Irish found a unique and creative way to close out the year, hosting a lighthearted but meaningful charity bowling event designed to bring together […]

UCLA football vows to be “the” team in Los Angeles, which is the vision for Bob Chesney. He’s juggling coaching at James Madison with his incoming Bruins duties. But he’s bringing some JMU representation with him to Westwood. Dean Kennedy is leaving the Dukes, per Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports Wednesday. “Led the way as […]

The fallout from Notre Dame Fighting Irish’s exclusion from the College Football Playoff continued Tuesday, as Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark publicly condemned the way Irish athletic director Pete Bevacqua responded to the committee’s decision. Notre Dame, which finished 10-2 and entered the final weekend ranked ahead of the Miami Hurricanes (10-2), was ultimately bumped […]

With the controversy of the Notre Dame football program being snubbed from the College Football Playoff, athletic director  Pete Bevacqua has been outspoken on his issue with the decision by the committee. As the Notre Dame football athletic director is even targeting the ACC for advocating for the Miami Hurricanes to be in the CFP […]

It is Bowl Season! Overall, there will be 41 different bowl games, plus the first round of the College Football Playoff and the National Championship. While much of the focus will be on the Playoff games, there are still other amazing matchups to be enjoyed. There are the bowls that every college football fan should […]

Texas Tech football linebacker Jacob Rodriguez missed the final Heisman cut Monday. But he snatched one prominent college football award: The Bronko Nagurski. Brett McMurphy of On3/Rivals posted the accolade the LB won, which annually is handed to the nation’s top defensive player. Rodriguez now accomplishes this first in Lubbock: He’s the first Red Raiders […]

We’ve reached a pulsating ending to a wild Big Ten football season. Indiana toppled Ohio State to capture its first outright conference title in nearly 60 years. The Hoosiers also take down the long-running No. 1 team in the power rankings. 1. Indiana (+1) Curt Cignetti walked off the Lucas Oil Stadium field with a […]

The final 2025 College Football Playoff standings were released and were not without controversy. Notre Dame and BYU were left out, and Alabama made the field. Then, under the rules in front of them, James Madison and Tulane made the College Football Playoff as the next-highest-ranked conference champions, after Duke beat Virginia in the ACC […]

Vanderbilt football coach Clark Lea isn’t making excuses for the Commodores being on the outside looking in on the College Football Playoff (CFP). Although he advocated for his team to be one of the 12 in the playoff, like every other coach in the situation, Lea didn’t harp on his team’s case after the fact, […]

The second 12-team College Football Playoff bracket is final, and this year is more controversial than the last. In 2024, a couple of shoddy three-loss SEC resumes were left out of the field for SMU, which lost its conference championship on a last-second field goal. It would have been hard to find anybody with a […]

As the Notre Dame football team was snubbed from the CFP bracket of 12 teams, there’s no doubt that athletic director Pete Baavacqua has made his thoughts known on the matter. With the Notre Dame football athletic director saying the ACC pushed for Miami to push Notre Dame out of the bracket, the conference commissioner […]

Notre Dame is the talk of college football, and unfortunately, it’s not for good reasons if you’re the Irish. Firstly and certainly more importantly, Notre Dame inexplicably fell out of the College Football Playoff (CFP) field in favor of Miami despite neither team playing between the time the committee ranked ND ahead of Miami (despite […]

The College Football Playoff field is official and the controversy of Selection Sunday is behind us. Alabama and Miami are in and Notre Dame is out — surely everyone is completely content with this, right? Indiana is the top seed after taking down Ohio State in the Big Ten title game, while the Buckeyes are […]

Notre Dame football swung open a rare door for 5-7 teams Saturday. But it stems from the Fighting Irish declining a bowl bid — all because of ND’s College Football Playoff snub. Now one team earned a bowl bid to top off the postseason. Appalachian State, despite finishing under .500, gets in the Birmingham Bowl […]

Notre Dame football endured a rigid Sunday that’ll likely be remembered for years to come. It started with the Fighting Irish snubbed out of the College Football Playoff selections. Then, Notre Dame backed out of its invite to the Pop Tarts Bowl after learning its CFP fate. But one bowl official put ND on blast […]

The conference championships have concluded. Now, teams will be looking towards their next steps. For 12 teams, it is the College Football Playoff, and for other top teams, it will be bowl games. As the conference championships saw some upsets, there are some changes in the College Football Top 25 Power Rankings.  1. Indiana Indiana […]

Oklahoma football secured two significant spots Sunday. The Sooners learned they’ll be the eighth seed in the College Football Playoffs. But OU additionally defeated USC, Nebraska and CFP representative Oregon — by landing a four-star defender. Hours after learning their CFP fate, OU landed defensive lineman Elija Harmon out of Inglewood High in California. Harmon […]

The Notre Dame football team continues to be baffled by their snub from this year’s College Football Playoff selection committee. Notre Dame didn’t receive a CFP berth, despite 10 straight wins and a strong resumé. Fighting Irish athletic director Pete Bevacqua says that this snub reflects his belief that Notre Dame should remain independent in […]

Despite failing to make the SEC title game, Oklahoma earned the No. 8 seed in the 2025-2026 College Football Playoffs and will face Alabama in the first round. The Sooners will be shorthanded for that game, however, after ruling out cornerback Gentry Williams. Williams has been out since Oct. 18, when he injured his shoulder […]