The confused college football fan’s guide to the many changes for 2024 season
7 months, 2 weeks ago

The confused college football fan’s guide to the many changes for 2024 season

New York Times  

Hello, and welcome to my news conference to preview the 2024 college football season. To ask the questions, I’ve assembled a room full of college football fans who fell asleep somewhere around the end of 2019 and woke up at some point this weekend. GO DEEPER ‘All hell broke loose’: The chaotic final days that shook the Pac-12 and college football to their core USC fan: I knew it! You’ve got conference games at Minnesota and Maryland this year and a Friday night home game against Rutgers. Georgia fan: So if, hypothetically, my team was 12-0 going into the SEC championship game but lost … we’d be the ones that turn around and play Liberty two weeks later, while Oklahoma State gets to rest for a month?

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SEC and Big 10 are prepared to push for changes to CFP seeding in 2025
1 month, 1 week ago

SEC and Big 10 are prepared to push for changes to CFP seeding in 2025

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — The Big Ten and Southeastern Conference will push for changes in the way College Football Playoff teams are seeded next season to coincide more with how teams are ranked by the CFP selection committee, commissioners for both leagues said on Wednesday. “I’m prepared to vote for seeding change,” SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said. “But it has to …

Ohio State celebrates and gets ready for all the changes coming to college football in 2025
2 months ago

Ohio State celebrates and gets ready for all the changes coming to college football in 2025

The Independent  

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College Football Playoff committee make huge decision on location of national championship game
2 months, 1 week ago

College Football Playoff committee make huge decision on location of national championship game

Daily Mail  

The College Football Playoff committee has made the decision to move the location of the 2029 championship title game. Tampa is slated to replace Dallas as the host city for the national championship game in four years' time, according to Action Network's Brett McMurphy. The College Football Playoff committee moved the location of the 2029 championship game The 2029 title …

Any College Football Playoff tweaks for 2025 won’t be hashed out until later this year
2 months, 1 week ago

Any College Football Playoff tweaks for 2025 won’t be hashed out until later this year

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Any adjustments to the College Football Playoff for next season, including a potential tweak in the way byes are awarded, would have to take place later this year, probably in the spring, the leaders of the playoff said Sunday. Conference commissioners and school presidents who operate the playoff met on the eve of the Ohio State-Notre Dame title …

How to fix the college football calendar: A 10-point plan to address a 12-month problem
2 months, 4 weeks ago

How to fix the college football calendar: A 10-point plan to address a 12-month problem

New York Times  

Conference realignment, College Football Playoff expansion, name-image-likeness market freedoms and unlimited transfers have altered college football more in the last four years than at any time in its history. Move spring football to June: College football’s current transfer portal windows were installed to sync up with the academic calendar and spring football. Shifting spring football from March to the first …

What Everyone Is Missing About the College Football Playoff
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55 years, 2 months ago

What Everyone Is Missing About the College Football Playoff

Slate  

The first 12-team iteration of the College Football Playoff had four chances to produce a competitive first-round game. ProFootballTalk opined, “A 12-team college football playoff sounds like a great idea until it’s all lesser teams going on the road to play better teams in late December and getting their asses kicked.” These people are all making different points but missing …

2024 College Football Playoff guide: What to know about the new 12-team format, at-large bids
3 months, 2 weeks ago

2024 College Football Playoff guide: What to know about the new 12-team format, at-large bids

New York Times  

College football entered a new era Sunday with the unveiling of the first 12-team Playoff bracket. For most of its century-plus existence, college football had a “mythical national champion.” The sport’s season champion was determined after teams played in bowl games by various polls and rankings, which, of course, led to significant debate. The four quarterfinal games and both semifinals …

College football bowl projections: Bowl schedule is set for 2024 season
3 months, 2 weeks ago

College football bowl projections: Bowl schedule is set for 2024 season

New York Times  

Conference champions have been crowned, and the 12-team College Football Playoff field and non-Playoff bowl games are set. Georgia ND/IU winner Orange Jan. 9 Quarterfinal winner Quarterfinal winner Cotton Jan. 10 Quarterfinal winner Quarterfinal winner Championship Jan. 20 Semifinal winner Semifinal winner Remaining bowls Remaining Bowls Bowl Date Team Team Location Time Network Bahamas Jan. 4 Buffalo Liberty Nassau, Bahamas …

College Football Playoff 2024 projections: A new No. 1, Ohio State hits the road
3 months, 3 weeks ago

College Football Playoff 2024 projections: A new No. 1, Ohio State hits the road

New York Times  

My pool of teams did not change from last week to this week, but Ohio State’s inexplicable home loss to Michigan and Miami’s loss at Syracuse certainly shook up the seeding. In this scenario, I have both Texas and Penn State sustaining a second loss in their conference title games but remaining above 11-1 Notre Dame in the rankings. Finally, …

Meet 2024 Ohio State, the unhappiest Playoff team in college football history
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Meet 2024 Ohio State, the unhappiest Playoff team in college football history

New York Times  

COLUMBUS, Ohio —For Ohio State, making the College Football Playoff might feel like a consolation prize. “We’re just going to have lick our wounds and regroup, but I don’t think anything’s hurt more than this,” said Ohio State linebacker Cody Simon, his eyes still damp and red, sniffing back his emotions. “I can’t even remember the last time it’s been …

College football Week 11 odds, picks against the spread: Ole Miss-Georgia, Alabama-LSU and more
4 months, 3 weeks ago

College football Week 11 odds, picks against the spread: Ole Miss-Georgia, Alabama-LSU and more

New York Times  

The initial College Football Playoff rankings have been released, and several games on the Week 11 slate will significantly impact the eventual 12-team field. 16 Ole Miss 3:30 p.m. on Fubo, ABC The big change with the expanded playoff in college football isn’t that it cheapened the regular season. So it’s pretty simple — win on Saturday night to keep …

SEC, Big Ten leaders mulling future of fast-changing college sports
5 months, 2 weeks ago

SEC, Big Ten leaders mulling future of fast-changing college sports

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Among the talking points when an advisory group …

The college football season kicks off with several changes
6 months, 4 weeks ago

The college football season kicks off with several changes

NPR  

The college football season kicks off with several changes It's time for college football, and this year it's going to be quite different. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: College football is going to look a whole lot different this fall. And for the first time ever, we are going to be seeing West Coast teams like UCLA and Oregon playing in conferences. …

College football Hope-O-Meter 2024! How do teams’ fans feel? Plus hot takes from our staff
7 months ago

College football Hope-O-Meter 2024! How do teams’ fans feel? Plus hot takes from our staff

New York Times  

You would think that spirits would be high among college football fans across the country. That’s enough for me.” • Russ C., pessimistic Arizona State fan: “Herm and Antonio Pierce devastated the program in so many ways it will take a long time to fix. Maybe in another year or two.” • Paul G., hopeful Michigan State fan: “Mel Tucker’s …

2024 college football season: Here’s what to expect
7 months ago

2024 college football season: Here’s what to expect

CNN  

CNN — Welcome to the 2024 college football season, where everyone makes the playoffs! With realignment, fans have been forced to say goodbye to one of the college’s best rivalry games: “Bedlam.” Oklahoma will no longer be playing Oklahoma State after the former’s move from the Big 12 to the Southeastern Conference. We will have our latest College Football National …

Season of change: Ranking the top 25 changes coming to college football in 2024
7 months, 1 week ago

Season of change: Ranking the top 25 changes coming to college football in 2024

Associated Press  

Welcome to college football’s season of change. After decades of nothing but bowl games at the highest level of Division I college football, four first-round playoff games will be hosted by the higher seeds on Dec. 19 and 20. 14) Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel starts his sixth season of college football with his third different school after three years at …

The expanded College Football Playoff: Suddenly, more SEC teams are more interesting
8 months, 1 week ago

The expanded College Football Playoff: Suddenly, more SEC teams are more interesting

New York Times  

DALLAS — A year ago, Missouri football made the jump from obscurity to national relevance. Except now … Tennessee coach Josh Heupel, also speaking Tuesday at SEC media days, listed the team’s accomplishments the past couple of years: 20 total wins, a New Year’s Six bowl win, a top-three conference finish. The most unusual part about this day: All four …

Expanded College Football Playoff will begin with 1st-round game on Dec. 20 in prime time
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Expanded College Football Playoff will begin with 1st-round game on Dec. 20 in prime time

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff will kick off with a first-round game on Dec. 20 and conclude with the title game one month later in Atlanta. ABC and ESPN will televise games on Friday and Saturday night with an 8 p.m. EST …

College Football Playoff announces kickoff times, dates, TV for 12-team field
9 months, 3 weeks ago

College Football Playoff announces kickoff times, dates, TV for 12-team field

New York Times  

College football fans can start to make their plans for December and the postseason. The national championship game will be played at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 20 in Atlanta and will be broadcast by ESPN. Jan. 1 will include the Peach Bowl at 1 p.m., the Rose Bowl at 5 p.m. and the Sugar Bowl at 8:45 p.m.. College …

TNT will begin airing College Football Playoff games through sublicense with ESPN
10 months ago

TNT will begin airing College Football Playoff games through sublicense with ESPN

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! TNT Sports will begin airing College Football Playoff games this upcoming season through a sublicense with ESPN. “When we look at the landscape and what can really bring in massive levels of audience that is in the popular culture and must watch, the College Football Playoff …

TNT will begin airing College Football Playoff games through sublicense with ESPN
10 months ago

TNT will begin airing College Football Playoff games through sublicense with ESPN

The Independent  

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ESPN will remain the home of the College Football Playoff through 2031 under $7.8 billion deal
1 year ago

ESPN will remain the home of the College Football Playoff through 2031 under $7.8 billion deal

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The College Football Playoff and ESPN announced a $7.8 billion deal Tuesday that will give the network exclusive rights to the expanded postseason through the 2031 season, with the national championship game moving to ABC starting in 2026. “It’s a significant day for the CFP and …

College Football Playoff finalizes agreement giving ESPN exclusive rights through 2031-32
1 year ago

College Football Playoff finalizes agreement giving ESPN exclusive rights through 2031-32

New York Times  

ESPN and the College Football Playoff on Tuesday announced a finalized agreement granting the network exclusive rights through the 2031-32 season. Two seasons remain on ESPN’s original 12-year deal for the New Year’s Six bowls and national championship game. ESPN, which to this point has aired all CFP games on its flagship cable network, said it will move the national …

The dust is settling on college sports realignment. A look at where schools are going
1 year, 1 month ago

The dust is settling on college sports realignment. A look at where schools are going

Associated Press  

College sports in the U.S. has seen scores of schools change conference affiliation over the past century, but the pace has quickened over the past three decades and certainly over the past year. 2024 : Boston College, California, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, SMU, Stanford, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest. …

College Football Playoff approves 5+7 format and reduces spots for conference champions
1 year, 1 month ago

College Football Playoff approves 5+7 format and reduces spots for conference champions

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The field for the 12-team College Football Playoff beginning next season will comprise five conference champions and seven at-large selections after the university presidents who oversee the CFP voted unanimously Tuesday to tweak the format. The original plan for the 12-team format was to have the …

College Football Playoff delays tweaking 12-team format to decrease spots reserved for league champs
1 year, 2 months ago

College Football Playoff delays tweaking 12-team format to decrease spots reserved for league champs

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The College Football Playoff delayed reducing the number of spots reserved for conference champions from six to five in the upcoming 12-team format on Monday, though the change is expected to be in place next season. For now, the playoff format for the next two years …

SEC vibe check: CFP loss a hit to the ego, but nothing more, now on to 2024
1 year, 2 months ago

SEC vibe check: CFP loss a hit to the ego, but nothing more, now on to 2024

New York Times  

The shots came from the north, the west and all over social media: The vaunted SEC, dominator of college football, had been humbled. Given where Missouri was this time last year, the vibes are better in Eli Drinkwitz’s program than anywhere else in the new 16-team league. It’s hard to project, but with quarterback Carson Beck and a lot of …

College football postseason changes have all but ended the chances of a split national championship
1 year, 2 months ago

College football postseason changes have all but ended the chances of a split national championship

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “Much like the selection process itself, the exercise is who, in my judgment, is the best team.” In reality, though, the current state of college football’s postseason all but renders the conversation moot. In that regard, well, I’ll factor it in,” Matt Brown from the The …

The dust is settling on college sports realignment. A look at where schools are going in 2024
1 year, 3 months ago

The dust is settling on college sports realignment. A look at where schools are going in 2024

Associated Press  

College sports in the U.S. has seen scores of schools change conference affiliation over the past century, but the pace has quickened over the past three decades and certainly over the past year. 2024 : Boston College, California, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, SMU, Stanford, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest. …

Transfer portal chaos is overwhelming the college football calendar — and it’s going to get worse
1 year, 3 months ago

Transfer portal chaos is overwhelming the college football calendar — and it’s going to get worse

New York Times  

College football’s calendar offers a uniquely chaotic challenge. GO DEEPER Tracking the transfer QB market: Best players available, decisions to watch College football is not a pro sport, no matter how much more it resembles one by the day. The day that does still have juice happened Monday when a flood of big-name quarterbacks highlighted the opening of the portal, …

College Football Picks: Awkward trophy ceremonies, CFP implications highlight championship weekend
1 year, 3 months ago

College Football Picks: Awkward trophy ceremonies, CFP implications highlight championship weekend

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 19 Oklahoma State, Big 12 championship at Arlington, Texas, Saturday The Longhorns might need some help to reach the playoff if they win the Big 12 for the first time since 2009. 23 Toledo vs. Miami, Ohio, MAC championship at Detroit, Saturday The Rockets could become …

College football bowl projections: No change in the College Football Playoff … yet
1 year, 4 months ago

College football bowl projections: No change in the College Football Playoff … yet

New York Times  

Barring a flurry of upsets, the pool of 6-6 teams is shallower this year than ever before. The fine print: *Replacement for a conference without enough eligible teams ** Projected 5-7 team New Year's Six BOWL DATE TEAMS LOCATION TIME Cotton Dec. 29 Alabama vs. Oklahoma State Arlington, Tex. 8 p.m. Peach Dec. 30 Missouri vs. Tulane Atlanta Noon Orange …

Big Ten 2024 football schedule: 10 thoughts on travel concerns, rivalry weekend and more
1 year, 4 months ago

Big Ten 2024 football schedule: 10 thoughts on travel concerns, rivalry weekend and more

New York Times  

There’s a numerical symmetry attached to the Big Ten’s 2024 football schedule, which was unveiled on Thursday afternoon. “Normally, we don’t get out of the late 20s or 30s when it comes to football schedules,” said Kerry Kenny, the Big Ten’s chief operating officer. “We felt like through the lens of both individual schedules, it was an equitable outcome in …

Eight storylines to know as the 2023-24 men’s college basketball season nears tipoff
1 year, 5 months ago

Eight storylines to know as the 2023-24 men’s college basketball season nears tipoff

New York Times  

Maybe you haven’t thought much about college basketball since the Final Four back in April. Purdue’s 7-foot-4 Zach Edey will try to do what Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe could not: become the first repeat national player of the year since Virginia’s Ralph Sampson three-peated in the early 1980s. GO DEEPER College basketball’s top 20 bigs for 2023-24: Zach Edey leads a …

CFP puts off decisions on format tweaks with Pac-12 still in limbo, hears from potential TV partners
1 year, 6 months ago

CFP puts off decisions on format tweaks with Pac-12 still in limbo, hears from potential TV partners

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The number of spots reserved for conference champions when the College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams next year remained open for discussion Wednesday as administrators who manage the postseason wrapped up meetings that mostly focused on potential television partners. College Football Playoff Executive Director Bill …

The dust is settling on college sports realignment. A look at where schools are going in 2024
1 year, 6 months ago

The dust is settling on college sports realignment. A look at where schools are going in 2024

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 2023 : Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest. 2024 : Boston College, California, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, SMU, Stanford, Syracuse, …

NCAA Football: Why you should cherish this college football season
1 year, 6 months ago

NCAA Football: Why you should cherish this college football season

CNN  

CNN — When it comes to tradition, passion and rivalries, there is nothing quite like college football. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images That set off an avalanche as Arizona, Arizona State and Utah then said, “The Big 12 sounds nice, we’ll go there too.” As the Pac-12 was in free fall, Washington and Oregon jumped ship and landed in the Big 10. …

With super conferences and CFP expansion on horizon, 2023 is the end of an era in college football
1 year, 7 months ago

With super conferences and CFP expansion on horizon, 2023 is the end of an era in college football

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I’m resigned to it,” said ESPN’s Rece Davis on The AP Top 25 College Football Podcast. “This thing was driven by money and by football and to say these decisions benefit the student-athletes, in most cases, I’m not sure I believe that,” said Brian Polian, a …

Twelve lessons from college football’s 2022 season we should apply to 2023
1 year, 7 months ago

Twelve lessons from college football’s 2022 season we should apply to 2023

New York Times  

The 2023 season is a week away, but what lessons from the 2022 season should we apply to the upcoming season? David Ubben and Ari Wasserman discussed on an episode of “Until Saturday,” The Athletic’s college football podcast, this week. That isn’t to invalidate what it accomplished or how good of a team it was at the end of the …

Savor the 2023 college football season — it’s the last one like it we’ll ever get
1 year, 7 months ago

Savor the 2023 college football season — it’s the last one like it we’ll ever get

New York Times  

Shortly after USC and UCLA announced their intention to jump from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten a little more than a year ago — the move that got all of this rolling — there was a thought-provoking discussion floating on the internet and on popular college football podcasts: If you could pick a point in time in college football …

Predicting conference realignment’s unpredictable future: 5 scenarios for 2033 and beyond
1 year, 8 months ago

Predicting conference realignment’s unpredictable future: 5 scenarios for 2033 and beyond

New York Times  

Four years ago, The Athletic admirably — and, as it turns out, foolishly — attempted to predict the future of college sports when my colleague Stewart Mandel took a stab at what the conference landscape would look like five or 10 years into the future. “But I also know that the SEC can’t sit still and allow the Big Ten …

Big Ten football won’t come with scheduled success for USC, UCLA in debut season
1 year, 9 months ago

Big Ten football won’t come with scheduled success for USC, UCLA in debut season

LA Times  

USC coach Lincoln Riley directs pregame warmups before a win over Fresno State on Sept. 17. UCLA’s first Big Ten schedule will include Ohio State, Northwestern, Nebraska, Minnesota and USC at the Rose Bowl in addition to road games against Michigan, Indiana, Iowa and Rutgers. “That said, it’s exciting to see the future conference matchups fans will get to experience …

SEC to play 8-game conference football schedule in 2024; long-term model still TBD
1 year, 9 months ago

SEC to play 8-game conference football schedule in 2024; long-term model still TBD

Associated Press  

DESTIN, Fla. — The Southeastern Conference will play eight league games in 2024 when it expands to 16 teams with the additions of Oklahoma and Texas, but beyond that the schedule model is still to be determined. Commissioner Greg Sankey said Thursday, the second-to-last day of the SEC’s spring meetings, that the conference’s university presidents unanimously voted to implement a …

Predicting the 2023 college football season TV schedule: Weeks 1, 2 and 3
1 year, 10 months ago

Predicting the 2023 college football season TV schedule: Weeks 1, 2 and 3

New York Times  

On May 31, the major TV networks will announce their selections and kickoff times for the first three weeks of the 2023 college football season. Predicted TV programming Game Thursday, Aug. 31 ESPN, 7:30 p.m. Florida at Utah Fox, 8 p.m. Nebraska at Minnesota Friday, Sept. 1 ESPN, 7:30 p.m. Louisville vs. Georgia Tech Saturday, Sept. 2 Fox, Noon Colorado …

EXPLAINER: How will College Football Playoff expansion work?
2 years, 3 months ago

EXPLAINER: How will College Football Playoff expansion work?

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! There are still a few more details to work out, like exact dates of some of the games, but college football is two years away from another dramatic change to its postseason. Flipping the format to 12 with a couple years still left on the original …

College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams in 2024 season
2 years, 3 months ago

College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams in 2024 season

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Over the past 25 years, college football’s postseason format for crowning a national champion has grown from two teams to four and now, starting in 2024, to 12. “The BCS for the first time gave an opportunity to decide a national champion on the field every …

College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams in 2024 season
2 years, 3 months ago

College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams in 2024 season

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The College Football Playoff announced …

Vannini: 12-team College Football Playoff will elevate conference title games
2 years, 3 months ago

Vannini: 12-team College Football Playoff will elevate conference title games

New York Times  

The 12-team College Football Playoff is officially coming in 2024, and this upcoming weekend illustrates exactly why it will be a welcome change. It’s actually a 12-team playoff that would make conference championship games this weekend more exciting and important. 1 Georgia playing for a first-round bye, with LSU playing for a spot as one of the top six conference …

College Football Playoff expanding to 12 teams in 2024 after Rose Bowl backs down
2 years, 3 months ago

College Football Playoff expanding to 12 teams in 2024 after Rose Bowl backs down

New York Times  

The College Football Playoff will expand to 12 teams starting in the 2024 season, CFP officials announced Thursday. CFP executive director Bill Hancock said Thursday that “There are no guarantees for 2026 and beyond” but added that it would be in everyone’s best interest for the Rose Bowl to host games in its traditional window. I asked about the Rose …

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