Four reasons Indiana is the 12-team College Football Playoff’s most fascinating contender
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Four reasons Indiana is the 12-team College Football Playoff’s most fascinating contender

New York Times  

College Football Playoff expansion was made for teams such as Indiana. Austin Mock’s model has Indiana’s chances to make the Playoff at 85 percent even though its chances of winning the Big Ten are only 10 percent. At 11-1 with a loss to the Buckeyes — for the sake of this exercise, let’s make the result of the game something less than a nail biter but not quite an Ohio State blowout — Indiana would likely be shut out of the Big Ten championship game. GO DEEPER College Football Playoff 2024 projections: Indiana rise continues as Clemson falls out How much does the committee value strength of schedule? GO DEEPER College Football Playoff rankings and superconferences: Will committee be swayed by Big Ten, SEC?

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Notre Dame-Indiana playoff game a twist for those with dual loyalties in the Hoosier State
3 days, 23 hours ago

Notre Dame-Indiana playoff game a twist for those with dual loyalties in the Hoosier State

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Jim O’Donnell’s legacy will be felt inside Notre Dame Stadium on Friday night. To tell you the truth, he’d root for Notre Dame in a heartbeat,” said Carri O’Donnell, who read Blue and Gold Illustrated to her father-in-law two days before he died in September at age 89. “It’s funny when you look at the state of Indiana, …

12-team college football playoff arrives after 100 years, a few billion dollars and many detours
4 days, 2 hours ago

12-team college football playoff arrives after 100 years, a few billion dollars and many detours

Associated Press  

It took more than 100 years, a few billion dollars and the cold, hard realization that you can’t fight progress forever. The first 12-team College Football Playoff kicks off Friday and Saturday with four first-round games on campuses steeped in gridiron tradition: Texas, Penn State, Notre Dame and Ohio State. A deal struck decades ago as part of the NFL’s …

College Football Playoff picks: SMU, Clemson, Vols, Hoosiers beware as CFP opens on campus
4 days, 22 hours ago

College Football Playoff picks: SMU, Clemson, Vols, Hoosiers beware as CFP opens on campus

Associated Press  

Welcome to the new-look postseason, where the path to the national championship begins at campus sites for eight of the 12 teams in the College Football Playoff. Snow showers are forecast to give way to cloudy skies and temperatures in the 20s in South Bend, Indiana, for Friday night’s Indiana-Notre Dame game. A 10- to 15-mph northwest wind will make …

2024 College Football Playoff guide: What to know about the new 12-team format, at-large bids
2 weeks, 1 day 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 Playoff takeaways: Clemson kickstarts SMU-Alabama debate for final spot
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2 weeks, 1 day ago

College Football Playoff takeaways: Clemson kickstarts SMU-Alabama debate for final spot

New York Times  

By Ralph D. Russo, Matt Baker, Justin Williams, Joe Rexrode and Sam Khan Jr. The first 12-team College Football Playoff field will be revealed on Sunday, but a lot was still to be determined by Saturday’s Power 4 conference championship games after Boise State locked up the first automatic bid on Friday. pic.twitter.com/GmNL2hnoO0 — ACC Network December 8, 2024 It’s …

5 takeaways from the unveiling of the 12-team College Football Playoff field
2 weeks, 1 day ago

5 takeaways from the unveiling of the 12-team College Football Playoff field

CNN  

CNN — The field is set, the games are scheduled, and college football fans have an absolutely scrumptious holiday buffet of playoff games set out in front of them. Oregon offensive lineman Iapani Laloulu celebrates after the Big Ten championship NCAA college football game against Penn State, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, in Indianapolis. Darron Cummings/AP The top four seeds are …

Pride, bragging rights and more than $115M at stake when final college playoff rankings come out
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Pride, bragging rights and more than $115M at stake when final college playoff rankings come out

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! INDIANAPOLIS — There’s more than just school pride and bragging rights to all that bellyaching over who might be in and who might be out of college football ‘s first 12-team playoff. According to the College Football Playoff website, the 12 teams simply making the bracket …

What the College Football Playoff rankings say about Ohio State after its loss to Michigan
2 weeks, 6 days ago

What the College Football Playoff rankings say about Ohio State after its loss to Michigan

New York Times  

The final College Football Playoff rankings will be revealed on Sunday, but Tuesday night’s penultimate Top 25 gave us an idea of what Ohio State’s fate will be. Tuesday was close to the best-case scenario for Ohio State Eight teams are a lock for the Playoff: Oregon, Texas, Penn State, Notre Dame, Georgia, Ohio State, Tennessee and Indiana. It could …

Meet 2024 Ohio State, the unhappiest Playoff team in college football history
3 weeks, 2 days 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 …

No. 10 Indiana tries to rebound from 1st loss and take shot at Big Ten title game by beating Purdue
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3 weeks, 5 days ago

No. 10 Indiana tries to rebound from 1st loss and take shot at Big Ten title game by beating Purdue

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! A win would likely secure a spot in the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff and could send them to the Big Ten title game — if No. The Boilermakers have struggled to find balance all season and could have problems against Indiana’s physical defense — especially …

No. 10 Indiana looks to rebound from 1st loss and clinch playoff spot against reeling Purdue
3 weeks, 5 days ago

No. 10 Indiana looks to rebound from 1st loss and clinch playoff spot against reeling Purdue

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Yes, it’s all still there for the taking and coach Curt Cignetti expects his team to follow the same game plan it has all season when it hosts in-state rival Purdue on Saturday. “I’m slowly starting to realize how important this game is,” said defensive lineman …

Perfect season has done the unthinkable — turned Indiana into the toast of college football
1 month, 1 week ago

Perfect season has done the unthinkable — turned Indiana into the toast of college football

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! I’m more excited about football than basketball, and I didn’t think I’d ever say that.” For decades, Indiana football was mired in mediocrity or worse — irrelevance. When ESPN broadcaster Joe Buck identified an Indiana alum during a Monday Night Football telecast a couple years back, …

Why Penn State edged Tennessee, Indiana in College Football Playoff rankings at No. 6
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why Penn State edged Tennessee, Indiana in College Football Playoff rankings at No. 6

New York Times  

If the season ended today, Penn State would host Notre Dame in a College Football Playoff game in Beaver Stadium. Final thoughts If Penn State wins out to finish 11-1 — and gets some help via Ohio State and Indiana stumbling this month — there’s still a path to Indianapolis. Indiana is one of the best stories in the sport …

Predicting the first 12-team College Football Playoff selection committee rankings
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Predicting the first 12-team College Football Playoff selection committee rankings

New York Times  

The first College Football Playoff rankings will be revealed Tuesday night, and once again I’ll be using my projections model to try to predict how the selection committee will rank the teams each week. Here’s what I expect Tuesday’s rankings to be: Next five: Missouri, South Carolina, UNLV, Arizona State, Tulane Biggest question: What to do with Notre Dame? There …

Will the first College Football Playoff rankings of 12-team era favor Big Ten, SEC?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Will the first College Football Playoff rankings of 12-team era favor Big Ten, SEC?

New York Times  

Tuesday night’s College Football Playoff Top 25 rankings will surely be the most picked-apart first installment of a season since the CFP debuted in 2014. It’s also the committee’s first set of rankings in the new era of superconferences, where the SEC and Big Ten are trying to position themselves as superior to everyone else. “You can come from a …

Indiana's Unblemished Quest: Can They Keep Their Perfect Record Intact Against Washington?
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Indiana's Unblemished Quest: Can They Keep Their Perfect Record Intact Against Washington?

Associated Press  

Indiana's backup quarterback Tayven Jackson faces a tough task in keeping his perfect record intact against Washington. Despite losing starting quarterback Kurtis Rourke to a thumb injury, Jackson has stepped up admirably, completing 12 of 18 passes for 225 yards and three TDs in four games. The Hoosiers are currently leading the FBS in scoring at 47.5 points, and they …

What we learned about the College Football Playoff: Alabama out? Indiana in? Welcome to 2024
2 months ago

What we learned about the College Football Playoff: Alabama out? Indiana in? Welcome to 2024

New York Times  

1 team in the country went down. pic.twitter.com/fs9rsv7WK7 — Tennessee Football October 20, 2024 Coach Kalen DeBoer’s first Tide team has now lost two out of its last three since beating Georgia and rising to No. Coach Curt Cignetti’s crew overwhelmed Nebraska 56-7 to improve to 7-0 and have to be taken seriously in the Big Ten race as a …

Indiana is no Cinderella. The Hoosiers look like they can crash the CFP and compete
2 months ago

Indiana is no Cinderella. The Hoosiers look like they can crash the CFP and compete

New York Times  

— Indiana coach Curt Cignetti could not relinquish the fight. A maniac.” This is an Indiana football team that is unrecognizable from its past, which largely consisted of sharing revenue in exchange for being the Big Ten’s party favor for a century. “We’re looking to dominate whenever we can.” Miles Cross and the many transfers who make up Indiana’s roster …

Our experts’ midseason College Football Playoff, national championship and Heisman picks
2 months ago

Our experts’ midseason College Football Playoff, national championship and Heisman picks

New York Times  

How much has the outlook for the college football season changed since the preseason? Ohio State is still on top of the national championship race in Austin Mock’s College Football Playoff projections model, winning the national title in 21 percent of our simulations. Team Votes Texas 11 Ohio State 9 Oregon 6 Georgia 4 Not only is Texas our most …

College Football Playoff race at midseason: Miami, Indiana, Army and Navy are big risers
2 months, 1 week ago

College Football Playoff race at midseason: Miami, Indiana, Army and Navy are big risers

New York Times  

You have to give credit to the new era of the College Football Playoff for giving us increased drama week in and week out. GO DEEPER College Football Playoff 2024 projections: Tennessee knocks Alabama out of bracket Stock up The Hurricanes aren’t a huge surprise to be in the Playoff race at the midseason point. According to my College Football …

New Indiana coach relies on familiar blueprint to help Hoosiers recreate a winning formula in 2024
4 months ago

New Indiana coach relies on familiar blueprint to help Hoosiers recreate a winning formula in 2024

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! So when the 63-year-old son of a Hall of Fame coach accepted the Indiana job, hopeful fans immediately began contemplating how Cignetti could extend his 13-year streak of winning seasons as a head coach and 17 straight overall — despite taking over a team picked to …

Who will make an expanded College Football Playoff? A potential bracket, using the Top 25 as a guide
4 months, 1 week ago

Who will make an expanded College Football Playoff? A potential bracket, using the Top 25 as a guide

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! — Unpredictability lingered into 2022, when five teams that would have gone on to make a 12-team playoff started the season unranked by AP, including national runner-up TCU. — Overall, 29 teams from 2014-23 that started the season unranked by AP would have made a 12-team …

College Football Playoff approves 5+7 format and reduces spots for conference champions
10 months 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 rankings: What a 12-team bracket would be after latest Top 25
1 year ago

College Football Playoff rankings: What a 12-team bracket would be after latest Top 25

New York Times  

The Athletic has live coverage of the College Football Playoff rankings selection show. With the 12-team College Football Playoff coming next season, The Athletic is using this season’s latest CFP selection committee rankings to illustrate how the new format will work. Here’s how the bracket would be seeded and the site locations determined using the committee’s Nov. 28 rankings and …

Iowa to the College Football Playoff? Avert your eyes — but it’s possible
1 year, 2 months ago

Iowa to the College Football Playoff? Avert your eyes — but it’s possible

New York Times  

The Athletic has live coverage of the College Football Playoff rankings release show. This week: David makes the case that Iowa — yes, the offensively inept Hawkeyes — could be one upset away from crashing the College Football Playoff. The Hawkeyes have been a consistent punchline for college football fans since embattled, beleaguered, lambasted and railed-upon offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz’s …

College Football Playoff to expand to 12 teams by ’26 season
2 years, 3 months ago

College Football Playoff to expand to 12 teams by ’26 season

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! After 14 1/2 months of haggling over details and questioning motivations, a plan to expand the College Football Playoff to 12 teams was finally approved Friday, setting the stage for a multibillion-dollar tournament as soon as the 2024 season. “This was a very historic day for …

Ohio St moves into CFP position; Cincinnati 5th in rankings
3 years, 1 month ago

Ohio St moves into CFP position; Cincinnati 5th in rankings

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Two Southeastern Conference teams sat atop the ranking for a second straight week, but after Michigan State lost last weekend, at least one spot in the top four was certain to change. “It’s worth noting that teams ranked two through six all won, but the committee …

College Football Playoff considering expansion to 12 teams
3 years, 6 months ago

College Football Playoff considering expansion to 12 teams

Associated Press  

There was a time not so long ago, 2012 to be exact, when the big news in college football was conference commissioners simply using the word playoff when talking about the future of the sports’ postseason format. The College Football Playoff announced Thursday it will consider expanding from four to 12 teams to settle the championship, with six spots reserved …

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