What we learned about the CFP in Week 12: Georgia’s still alive, an SEC-Big Ten debate looms
1 month, 3 weeks ago

What we learned about the CFP in Week 12: Georgia’s still alive, an SEC-Big Ten debate looms

New York Times  

There are two weeks left in college football’s regular season, and there appear to be more teams hanging around College Football Playoff contention than falling out. Big 12 CFP and title odds Team CFP bid B1G title Record Oregon 99% 51% 11-0 Ohio State 99% 45% 9-1 Penn State 93% 1% 9-1 Indiana 89% 4% 10-0 Welcome, Sun Devils Arizona State is the latest arriving guest to the Playoff party among Power 4 teams, winning three straight and five of six — including 24-14 at Kansas State on Saturday night. 6 BYU 17-13 in Provo, Arizona State’s road to the title game is straightforward: beat BYU at home next week and Arizona after that and the team that has not been ranked in any poll all year will play for a Playoff spot on Dec. 7. Big 12 CFP and title odds Team CFP bid Big 12 title Record Colorado 46% 51% 8-2 BYU 26% 27% 9-1 Iowa State 10% 10% 8-2 Arizona State 10% 10% 8-2 Mountain West vs. AAC One of the coolest features of the expanded Playoff is the way it gets teams with no connection suddenly very invested in one another. Group of 5 Playoff odds Team CFP bid Conf Record Boise State 66% MWC 9-1 Tulane 25% AAC 9-2 Army 17% AAC 9-0 UNLV 8% MWC 8-2 ACC still a three-team race SMU held off Boston College to remain unbeaten in the ACC, and Clemson kept its hopes of sneaking into the conference championship game alive with a late, long touchdown run by Cade Klubnik against Pitt.

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With College Football Playoff down to 4 teams, not much looks different with Big Ten and SEC
3 days, 12 hours ago

With College Football Playoff down to 4 teams, not much looks different with Big Ten and SEC

Associated Press  

Now that the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff is down to four teams remaining — the size of the field the previous 10 seasons — things really don’t look that much different. Even without former CFP champions Alabama and Georgia, the SEC extended its streak as the only conference with a final four team every season when league newcomer Texas …

Big 12’s Yormark brings up hard choices for fans before sparsely attended title game
1 month ago

Big 12’s Yormark brings up hard choices for fans before sparsely attended title game

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “If you host that first-round game, you’re going to four games to get to the finals and to win the championship,” Yormark said. While it’s unlikely any of the Power Four conferences would abandon the neutral-site approach, Yormark didn’t dismiss the idea of the top seed …

College Football Playoff rankings: Miami out, Alabama in with last at-large bid as ACC implications linger
1 month, 1 week ago

College Football Playoff rankings: Miami out, Alabama in with last at-large bid as ACC implications linger

New York Times  

Alabama moved into position to receive an at-large bid to the College Football Playoff and Miami was locked out of contention as the selection committee’s penultimate rankings Tuesday night narrowed the field of contenders. ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips said the conference was “incredibly shocked and disappointed” by Miami’s fall after the Hurricanes lost this past weekend, 42-38, at No. 16 …

College playoff bracket offers last dress rehearsal and one more chance to see where the SEC stands
1 month, 1 week ago

College playoff bracket offers last dress rehearsal and one more chance to see where the SEC stands

Associated Press  

For the College Football Playoff, it’s one last dress rehearsal. After a 42-38 loss to Syracuse that cost Miami a spot in the ACC title game, coach Mario Cristobal emphasized the nature of his team’s two losses — both by less than one touchdown — and said “that makes us one of the better teams in the country.” He wasn’t …

CFP rankings: Georgia, Texas, and College Football Playoff madness in Week 14.
1 month, 1 week ago

CFP rankings: Georgia, Texas, and College Football Playoff madness in Week 14.

Slate  

At the onset of fall, it was clear that the growth of the College Football Playoff from four teams to 12 would make this season unlike any other. Ole Miss is likely out of the playoff race because it plays miserable Mississippi State this week, and beating a team that goes winless in SEC play should not help the Rebels …

College football Week 14: Longhorns-Aggies among the high-stakes rivalry games to end regular season
1 month, 2 weeks ago

College football Week 14: Longhorns-Aggies among the high-stakes rivalry games to end regular season

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! It’s the final weekend of the college football regular season, which means rivalry games take center stage. With seven at-large bids for the first 12-team College Football Playoff up for grabs, not to mention spots in next week’s conference championship games, some of these games take …

SEC losses are big gains for SMU and Indiana in latest College Football Playoff rankings
1 month, 2 weeks ago

SEC losses are big gains for SMU and Indiana in latest College Football Playoff rankings

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The Southeastern Conference’s losses were almost everyone else’s gain in the College Football Playoff rankings, with SMU nudging its way into the top 12 and Indiana staying in the mix at No. “They dropped five but we still felt their body of work was strong enough …

Weekend of upsets jumbles the College Football Playoff field ahead of ‘Rivalry Week’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Weekend of upsets jumbles the College Football Playoff field ahead of ‘Rivalry Week’

CNN  

CNN — After a weekend of chaos on the gridiron, the College Football Playoff picture looks markedly different this week. In the CFP format, the five highest ranked conference champions are automatically placed into the 12-team field, with the four highest ranked conference champions receiving a bye straight into the quarterfinals. Ross D. Franklin/AP Rivalry Week Thanksgiving weekend marks the …

What we learned about the College Football Playoff: SEC upsets, Big 12 chaos, Indiana’s hopes
1 month, 2 weeks ago

What we learned about the College Football Playoff: SEC upsets, Big 12 chaos, Indiana’s hopes

New York Times  

The weekend before Thanksgiving often feels like the calm before the storm in college football. Interesting to read analysis from others as they examine “strength of schedule” in college football…it does seem there is a trend to be identified… pic.twitter.com/pXSfxRMxvL — Greg Sankey November 21, 2024 But at a certain point, it doesn’t seem like too much to ask these …

Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Playoff bracket, bubble and Big 12 race have new main characters
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Playoff bracket, bubble and Big 12 race have new main characters

New York Times  

And now, 20 Final Thoughts from college football’s Week 12, where no one won bigger than Indiana’s Curt Cignetti. In Saturday’s 49-24 win over Utah, the two-way star did something no NFL or FBS player had achieved in almost exactly 24 years: post 50 receiving yards, score a rushing touchdown and intercept a pass. Shane Beamer’s team is known for …

Big Ten dominates latest College Football Playoff rankings
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Big Ten dominates latest College Football Playoff rankings

CNN  

CNN — The Big Ten dominated the latest edition of the College Football Playoff rankings, with the conference claiming four of the top five slots in the new standings revealed Tuesday night. There is still much to be decided in the final weeks of the regular season, however, and when all the dust settles only the Big Ten champion will …

Ranking 134 college football teams after Week 11: Will shaky contenders feel an SEC squeeze?
2 months ago

Ranking 134 college football teams after Week 11: Will shaky contenders feel an SEC squeeze?

New York Times  

Editor’s note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. The ACC and Big 12’s hopes of sending multiple teams to the first 12-team College Football Playoff took a big hit over the weekend. Meanwhile, Ole Miss’ win at Georgia brought more SEC teams into the Playoff mix rather than knocking one out with a …

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

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

How 30-plus College Football Playoff contenders and their conference races collide in the weeks ahead
2 months, 2 weeks ago

How 30-plus College Football Playoff contenders and their conference races collide in the weeks ahead

New York Times  

As November approaches, more and more programs’ College Football Playoff hopes are dropping like autumn leaves from the trees. Key games before first CFP rankings: BYU at UCF, Oct. 26; Cincinnati at Colorado, Oct. 26; Texas Tech at Iowa State, Nov. 2. A failed drive for a last-second field goal cost them at Oregon, but games against Penn State, Indiana …

College Football Playoff Bubble Watch: Big 12, ACC should relish multiple bids if they get them
2 months, 3 weeks ago

College Football Playoff Bubble Watch: Big 12, ACC should relish multiple bids if they get them

New York Times  

Read The Athletic’s latest edition of College Football Playoff bubble watch. There’s a chance the Big 12 or ACC might be given two automatic bids in a Playoff that expands to 14 or 16 teams, but the two richest leagues hold all the power to make the rules after the nine conference commissioners and Notre Dame signed a new Playoff …

What we learned about the College Football Playoff race after Oregon-Ohio State classic
2 months, 4 weeks ago

What we learned about the College Football Playoff race after Oregon-Ohio State classic

New York Times  

Two losses don’t necessarily eliminate a team from College Football Playoff contention anymore. Ryan Barker, right, made a game-winning field goal in overtime to lift Penn State over USC and likely end the Trojans’ chances of getting into the College Football Playoff. GO DEEPER Morales: After another close loss and a 3-3 start, USC simply needs more from Lincoln Riley …

Why the SEC and Big Ten are meeting to talk CFP automatic bids and scheduling arrangements
3 months, 1 week ago

Why the SEC and Big Ten are meeting to talk CFP automatic bids and scheduling arrangements

New York Times  

Athletic directors from the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference are slated to meet next week in Nashville, Tenn., with College Football Playoff automatic bids and a possible nonconference football scheduling arrangement between the leagues on the agenda, three sources who will take part in the meetings said Monday. In the spring, the Big Ten proposed — with the SEC’s backing …

College football picks: Georgia-Alabama showdown not as consequential with 12-team CFP but still big
3 months, 2 weeks ago

College football picks: Georgia-Alabama showdown not as consequential with 12-team CFP but still big

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 4 Alabama on Saturday in a showdown of two Southeastern Conference superpowers who have combined to win five national titles since the College Football Playoff’s implementation in 2014. Back in the days before the Bowl Championship Series and CFP, a game like Alabama-Georgia could have essentially …

SEC contenders handling early schedule of beefier foes instead of cupcakes to boost playoff resumes
3 months, 4 weeks ago

SEC contenders handling early schedule of beefier foes instead of cupcakes to boost playoff resumes

Associated Press  

One unknown to scheduling non-conference opponents years in advance is whether those future foes are as attractive when game day finally arrives as they were when the contract was signed. So, I’m certainly glad we were able to play a really good team, a good program like Clemson.” Even with a field featuring the five highest-ranked conference champions and seven …

CFP Bracket Watch: More Southeastern Conference teams in 12-team field after Week 2
4 months ago

CFP Bracket Watch: More Southeastern Conference teams in 12-team field after Week 2

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Haters of the Southeastern Conference got a glimpse of a nightmare College Football Playoff scenario two weeks into the season. Using the AP Top 25 to set a projected 12-team bracket, half of the field would be SEC teams, including two-thirds of the top nine seeds. …

New-look Big 12 ready to embark on a season of big expectations, enormous pressure to win
4 months, 2 weeks ago

New-look Big 12 ready to embark on a season of big expectations, enormous pressure to win

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I think the Penn State game is huge for us,” said Mountaineers coach Neal Brown, whose job was starting to come into question before they won nine games last season. “You’re correct,” Brown said, “it’s a big game for our league, and this new Big 12, …

The college football season is packed with mouthwatering games from coast to coast
4 months, 3 weeks ago

The college football season is packed with mouthwatering games from coast to coast

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 9 Michigan, Sept. 7 Perhaps the nation’s most significant non-conference game matches powerhouse programs from the SEC and Big Ten. 5 Alabama, Sept. 28 An early measuring stick game for Alabama and a chance for new coach Kalen DeBoer to grab a signature win following Nick …

Georgia No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 and Ohio State No. 2 as expanded SEC, Big Ten flex muscles
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Georgia No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 and Ohio State No. 2 as expanded SEC, Big Ten flex muscles

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. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 preseason college …

SEC still looking for more ESPN money to go to 9 conference games
7 months, 1 week ago

SEC still looking for more ESPN money to go to 9 conference games

New York Times  

DESTIN, Fla. — The SEC office hasn’t given up trying to get more money from ESPN in exchange for adding a ninth conference game. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said the conference had “conversations with ESPN’s leadership a couple weeks ago just to re-engage” on the schedule, including to “help them understand that if we stay at eight what’s absent from …

Analysis: Big Ten and SEC power play undermines credibility of playoff, marginalizes ACC and Big 12
10 months, 1 week ago

Analysis: Big Ten and SEC power play undermines credibility of playoff, marginalizes ACC and Big 12

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! There will be at least two 12-team playoffs, this season and next, but the Power Five is now down to four, dominated by a Big Two: The Southeastern Conference and Big Ten have decided to throw their weight around to protect their own interests with little …

CFP championship game clash between Michigan, Washington a tantalizing preview of expanded Big Ten
1 year ago

CFP championship game clash between Michigan, Washington a tantalizing preview of expanded Big Ten

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I imagine all the Big Ten folks in Chicago in the office, they’re sitting like a rat in a cheese factory right now for sure,” said Washington co-defensive coordinator William Inge, who was a graduate assistant at Iowa and assistant at Indiana for seven years. We’re …

Mandel’s Mailbag: Where’s the respect for Michigan, which teams overperformed?
1 year ago

Mandel’s Mailbag: Where’s the respect for Michigan, which teams overperformed?

New York Times  

It was a bit of a quiet week in my inbox, perhaps not surprisingly given we’ve hit that holiday lull between the regular season and the major bowls. As for Kelly’s proposed 64-team football conference — that sounds neat and tidy, but what incentive do the SEC and Big Ten have to join forces with the less-valued ACC and Big …

College Football Picks: Awkward trophy ceremonies, CFP implications highlight championship weekend
1 year, 1 month 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 …

Loaded field of CFP contenders for last 4-team playoff fuels championship weekend drama
1 year, 1 month ago

Loaded field of CFP contenders for last 4-team playoff fuels championship weekend drama

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Florida State The Seminoles are perfect and in playoff position heading into their Atlantic Coast Conference title game against Louisville, but an injury to star quarterback Jordan Travis creates some uncertainty. If Florida State muddles past Louisville and Alabama beats Georgia in a competitive game, leaving …

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Back door to the College Football Playoff is likely to be blocked this season
1 year, 1 month ago

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Back door to the College Football Playoff is likely to be blocked this season

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 4 Washington and Michael Penix Jr. used a bold fourth-and-1 play call and walkoff field goal to beat Washington State in the Apple Cup and stay unbeaten heading into the Pac-12 title game. A Tide team that needed a small miracle to beat an Auburn squad …

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Separation weekend in Big 12, SEC becomes survive-and-advance day around nation
1 year, 2 months ago

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Separation weekend in Big 12, SEC becomes survive-and-advance day around nation

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The Sooners’ big turnaround season after coach Brent Venables’ first resulted in a rare losing record in Norman has taken a hit. Michigan’s president sent a letter to the Big Ten earlier this week urging Commissioner Tony Petitti to let the NCAA investigation play out. The …

Missouri-Georgia and LSU-Alabama put SEC back in the national spotlight in Week 10
1 year, 2 months ago

Missouri-Georgia and LSU-Alabama put SEC back in the national spotlight in Week 10

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! SEC standard bearers Georgia and Alabama are front and center in Week 10 of the college football season after the Pac-12 commanded the national spotlight for most of the last month. Alabama will be looking for payback after LSU’s Jayden Daniels ran 25 yards for a …

CFP puts off decisions on format tweaks with Pac-12 still in limbo, hears from potential TV partners
1 year, 3 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 …

Realignment prompts fresh look at the number of automatic bids in 12-team College Football Playoff
1 year, 4 months ago

Realignment prompts fresh look at the number of automatic bids in 12-team College Football Playoff

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! IRVING, Texas — The conference commissioners who manage the College Football Playoff met Wednesday for the first time since a wave of realignment tore apart the Pac-12, raising the possibility that the number of automatic bids in the 12-team postseason format to be implemented next year …

Greg Sankey calls for CFP format to be reconsidered after realignment: ‘Circumstances have changed’
1 year, 5 months ago

Greg Sankey calls for CFP format to be reconsidered after realignment: ‘Circumstances have changed’

New York Times  

Greg Sankey called for the 12-team College Football Playoff format, debuting next season, to be reconsidered after the recent wave of conference realignment, the SEC commissioner said Tuesday in his first time speaking publicly since the Pac-12’s near dissolution. The net of that is circumstances have changed, and I think it’s wise for us to take a step back and …

An ACC, SEC breakaway conference? Believe it or not, the idea was discussed in 1962
1 year, 5 months ago

An ACC, SEC breakaway conference? Believe it or not, the idea was discussed in 1962

New York Times  

The Ivy League of the South? It was the brainchild, at least apparently, of then-Vanderbilt president Harvie Branscomb, who spoke to several fellow presidents in 1962 about a breakaway conference: Vanderbilt, North Carolina, Duke, Georgia Tech, Virginia, Tulane and Georgia. “North Carolina, Duke, Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt would be the first to join,” Branscomb wrote in the March 20 letter. …

College football conference realignment timeline: 124 years of drama, money and bitterness
1 year, 5 months ago

College football conference realignment timeline: 124 years of drama, money and bitterness

New York Times  

The Western Conference, known today as the Big Ten, was formed in 1896 by the universities of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue, Wisconsin and Chicago. GO DEEPER Journey back to Sewanee, a founding SEC member that has no regrets Dec. 12, 1948: Nearly a decade after original member Chicago dropped football, the Western Conference becomes the Big Ten again by …

SEC to play 8-game conference football schedule in 2024; long-term model still TBD
1 year, 7 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 …

Schultz: If SEC doesn’t go to 9-game schedule, criticism is justified
1 year, 7 months ago

Schultz: If SEC doesn’t go to 9-game schedule, criticism is justified

New York Times  

ATLANTA — The czars of the SEC congregate this week on a beach resort, and they could begin the first meeting and every annual meeting the same: “Gentleman, we’re all rich and we rule the world, or at least the only part that matters to us. But there’s a lot of media on the other side of this door, so …

‘Been Everywhere': TCU conference-hopping run to title game
2 years ago

‘Been Everywhere': TCU conference-hopping run to title game

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “It’s like that old song by Hank Snow, ‘I’ve Been Everywhere’ — our fans, they’ve traveled all over the place,” said John Denton, the Horned Frogs’ kicker for their 1984 Bluebonnet Bowl team who has been part of their radio broadcasts since 1988. whether it’s teams …

Defending champion Georgia vs. Cinderella TCU for CFP title
2 years ago

Defending champion Georgia vs. Cinderella TCU for CFP title

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “Obviously, we’re excited, but we know we got a big one coming up.” TCU, the first Big 12 to win a playoff game, will be looking for its first national title since 1938. That’s just the way it is.” TCU would be the first team to …

CFP deja vu: TCU in third, Ohio State lurking and lobbying
2 years, 1 month ago

CFP deja vu: TCU in third, Ohio State lurking and lobbying

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Undefeated TCU has a Big 12 championship game to play, and the best the Buckeyes can do is try to tout what they had already done before last week’s 45-23 home loss to Michigan that kept them from reaching the Big Ten title game. “When you …

College Football Picks: AAC title is glimpse into CFP future
2 years, 1 month ago

College Football Picks: AAC title is glimpse into CFP future

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Green Wave vs. Knights is a bit of glimpse at the future, when conference title games will routinely decided which team gets in a 12-team playoff with the loser left out. The only teams to make the playoff after losing a conference championship were Georgia last …

Commentary: To reach playoff, USC would likely need to win heated Tennessee debate
2 years, 1 month ago

Commentary: To reach playoff, USC would likely need to win heated Tennessee debate

LA Times  

USC’s Korey Foreman celebrates his tackle for a loss with Tyrone Talent and Stanley Taufo’ou against Colorado in the second quarter at the Coliseum on Friday. If he did happen to tune in Tuesday night, he would have seen some positive signs of the CFP selection committee’s respect for the 9-1 Trojans, who moved up a spot to No. USC …

A 12-team College Football Playoff in the BCS/CFP eras: Who would have made it?
2 years, 4 months ago

A 12-team College Football Playoff in the BCS/CFP eras: Who would have made it?

New York Times  

An expanded 12-team College Football Playoff is coming soon, opening the door to far more schools having legitimate hopes of making it into the field, even if the number of teams that can actually win it may still be limited. Twelve current Group of 5 teams would have made at least one appearance, led by Boise State in eight of …

Kevin Warren: Big Ten to ‘soften stance’ on automatic bids in CFP expansion discussions
2 years, 5 months ago

Kevin Warren: Big Ten to ‘soften stance’ on automatic bids in CFP expansion discussions

New York Times  

Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren said Wednesday that he will not take a hardline stance on automatic College Football Playoff berths for Power 5 conference champions heading into the next set of CFP expansion meetings. Last winter’s efforts to expand the College Football Playoff failed, with three Power 5 conferences voting against the proposed 12-team model, each for different reasons. …

CFP talks stall, dimming hopes of expansion before 2026
3 years ago

CFP talks stall, dimming hopes of expansion before 2026

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! INDIANAPOLIS — College Football Playoff expansion talks remain stalled and the possibility of implementing a new format by the 2024 season dimmed Monday after three days of meetings failed to produce an agreement. Hancock said the management committee, comprised of 10 conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s …

With CFP title on line, Georgia gets another crack at 'Bama
3 years ago

With CFP title on line, Georgia gets another crack at 'Bama

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. The Bulldogs face the top-ranked and defending national champion …

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