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Boise State’s Jeanty is the best back in the nation. Penn State’s duo could be right behind him

Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty is the best running back in the country, with the stats and the hardware to prove it. Yet when Jeanty is on the sideline on New Year’s Eve when Boise State faces sixth-seeded Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl, he might be looking at the top running back tandem in college football. While it took Penn …

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1 day, 15 hours ago

SMU’s Lashlee hopes Mustangs’ mistake-filled performance won’t affect future playoff consideration

Associated Press

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Rhett Lashlee knows deep down that this SMU team deserved a spot in the College Football Playoff, even if the Mustangs didn’t show it Saturday. “Maybe in the future, if we’re on the edge, we may not get the nod because of how we performed today,” Lashlee said. 12 SMU, the ACC runner-up and last at-large …

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1 day, 18 hours ago

Former walk-on DeLuca provides early spark, Penn State drills SMU 38-10 in CFP; Boise State up next

Associated Press

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — In a time of incessant change, Penn State linebacker Dominic DeLuca is a throwback. Linebacker Tony Rojas added a pick-6 of his own and Penn State shut down Kevin Jennings and the high-powered Mustangs, whose breakout season ended amid a flurry of mistakes and miscues and did little to shed the notion — particularly by those …

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2 days, 14 hours ago

How Penn State dashed SMU’s Cinderella dreams with ease: Takeaways from a Playoff rout

New York Times

By Audrey Snyder, Chris Vannini and Justin Williams No. Penn State’s offense struggled early on a windy, frigid day in Happy Valley, but two pick sixes by linebackers Dominic DeLuca and Tony Rojas off of SMU quarterback Kevin Jennings gave the Nittany Lions a 14-0 lead in a game that turned into a blowout soon after in front of an …

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Penn State rolls past SMU in CFP opener

LA Times

Penn State linebacker Dominic DeLuca points to to fans as he celebrates an interception return for a touchdown against SMU on Saturday in a College Football Playoff first-round game. Dominic DeLuca and Tony Rojas returned interceptions for touchdowns and Penn State toyed with mistake-prone SMU in a 38-10 victory on Saturday in the opening round of the College Football Playoff. …

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3 days, 17 hours ago

Playoff QBs include a hometown recruit, a prep title rematch and some 1-year hired guns

Associated Press

Kevin Jennings wasn’t even the player that Rhett Lashlee was going to watch when he went to his first Texas high school playoff game a week after becoming SMU’s coach. Jennings led South Oak Cliff to a victory that day, and later won the first state title for a Dallas Independent School District team since 1958. SMU or Penn State …

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4 days, 18 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 …

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5 days, 18 hours ago

‘Better than going to Disney World': Fans revel in CFP debuts at campus sites

Associated Press

Forget the cost, the frenzied planning and the timing around the holidays. We never knew that we’d actually have this type of opportunity.” SMU, Indiana, Penn State and Tennessee are all first-time participants in the playoff at campus sites starting Friday night, joining a club dominated over the first 10 years by the titans of the sport that this year …

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1 week ago

Paula Abdul settles sexual assault lawsuit and Kraven the Hunter snuffs out Sony’s Spidey-verse

ABC

Welcome to ICYMI, where we recap the pop culture and entertainment news you might have missed over the past few days. Paula Abdul settles sexual assault lawsuit against former co-worker Singer Paula Abdul has settled her year-long legal battle with former co-worker and British television producer Nigel Lythgoe in a California court. Nigel Lythgoe steps down amid sexual assault allegations …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Expanded College Football Playoff field draws more bets and on more teams

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “They don’t want to be standing there and not have a ticket on some of these long-shot teams.” Expanding the playoff field from four to 12 teams this year meant more betting in general on college football and more varieties of wagering on the postseason. “We’re …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Who’s playing where? A cheat sheet on college sports realignment

Associated Press

Scores of schools have changed conference affiliation over the past century, but the pace has quickened as schools search for more stability and more revenue in the college athletics arms race. 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. 2023 : …

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1 week, 5 days ago

SMU hosts Texas Tech after Embry’s 22-point game

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Texas Tech Red Raiders at SMU Mustangs Dallas; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: SMU hosts Texas Tech after Chantae Embry scored 22 points in SMU’s 93-85 loss to the Florida State Seminoles. Texas Tech is fifth in the Big 12 with 11.6 offensive rebounds …

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1 week, 5 days ago

College Football Playoff bracket: CFP committee picked SMU over Alabama—for good reason.

Slate

SMU is in the College Football Playoff. The selection committee finally biffed out, making the outrageous decision to exclude undefeated Atlantic Coast Conference champion Florida State in favor of a one-loss Alabama team that had won the vaunted Southeastern Conference. Rather than selecting four teams, the committee was picking 12 for the first year of the college game’s expanded playoff. …

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1 week, 6 days ago

AP Player of the Week: Arizona State's Cam Skattebo put up big numbers again in Big 12 title game

Hindustan Times

The Associated Press national player of the week in college football for Week 15 of the season: Cam Skattebo, Arizona State HT Image Cam Skattebo continued his late-season tear with 170 yards rushing, 208 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns in Arizona State's 45-19 win over Iowa State in the Big 12 championship game. Runner-up Boise State running back and Heisman …

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2 weeks ago

What are the matchups in the College Football Playoff?

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 7 seed Notre Dame, Dec. 20, 8 p.m. BetMGM College Football Odds: Notre Dame by 8.5. 6 seed Penn State, Dec. 21, noon BetMGM College Football Odds: Penn State by 8.5. 5 seed Texas, Dec. 21, 4 p.m. BetMGM College Football Odds: Texas by 10.5. 8 …

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2 weeks ago

Alabama left out of playoff as committee rewards SMU’s wins over Crimson Tide’s strong schedule

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The College Football Playoff committee took SMU’s wins over Alabama’s strength of schedule, picking the Mustangs for the final at-large spot Sunday after a furious public debate and days of lobbying and arguing over which teams should make the 12-team field. “We had an extremely challenging …

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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 …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Penn State earns 6-seed, most favorable path through College Football Playoff

New York Times

Penn State’s path through the College Football Playoff is set. While Penn State didn’t get the fifth seed, which went to Texas, it was still rewarded for an 11-1 regular season and ended up with a more favorable path than the Longhorns. The biggest lesson Penn State should take from the Big Ten Championship Game loss and carry into the …

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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 …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

College Football Playoff bracket revealed: Oregon No. 1 overall, SMU gets in over Alabama

New York Times

Follow live updates and reaction to the 12-team College Football Playoff field. The first 12-team College Football Playoff will include SMU but not Alabama. The Crimson Tide were the first team out of the field when the selection committee released its final ranking Sunday, setting the bracket for the first expansive, pro-style playoff in the history of major college football: …

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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 …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Who will make the College Football Playoff field after a wild championship weekend?

New York Times

Until Saturday Newsletter 🏈 | This is The Athletic’s college football newsletter. Let’s review the results from conference championship weekend when Timothee Chalamet made his case to be the next big college football analyst. Still, Penn State hung around with the nation’s last remaining undefeated team and looked every bit deserving of challenging for the conference crown. Arizona State was …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Mandel’s Final Thoughts: SMU, Alabama and other ripples of championship weekend’s wild swings

New York Times

And now, 20 Final Thoughts from Championship Weekend, a celebration of kickers and backup quarterbacks. Penn State nearly came back from an early 28-10 deficit, but Drew Allar’s second interception of the night, into the hands of Nikko Reed, wrapped up Dan Lanning’s first conference title. Running back Cam Skattebo has been the heart and soul of the Sun Devils’ …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

An Oregon win, a Clemson upset, and ‘now what?’ for Alabama in the College Football Playoff

Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — Undefeated Oregon pulled off the expected and grabbed the top spot in the College Football Playoff. In between, Georgia’s quarterback got hurt, Alabama’s hopes grew murkier and the selection committee settled in to create a first-of-its-kind 12-team postseason bracket that promises only one sure thing: a 100% chance of enraging at least some slice of college football’s rabid …

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Boise State’s Jeanty is the best back in the nation. Penn State’s duo could be right behind him

SMU’s Lashlee hopes Mustangs’ mistake-filled performance won’t affect future playoff consideration

Former walk-on DeLuca provides early spark, Penn State drills SMU 38-10 in CFP; Boise State up next

How Penn State dashed SMU’s Cinderella dreams with ease: Takeaways from a Playoff rout

Penn State rolls past SMU in CFP opener

Playoff QBs include a hometown recruit, a prep title rematch and some 1-year hired guns

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

‘Better than going to Disney World': Fans revel in CFP debuts at campus sites

Paula Abdul settles sexual assault lawsuit and Kraven the Hunter snuffs out Sony’s Spidey-verse

Expanded College Football Playoff field draws more bets and on more teams

Who’s playing where? A cheat sheet on college sports realignment

SMU hosts Texas Tech after Embry’s 22-point game

College Football Playoff bracket: CFP committee picked SMU over Alabama—for good reason.

AP Player of the Week: Arizona State's Cam Skattebo put up big numbers again in Big 12 title game

What are the matchups in the College Football Playoff?

Alabama left out of playoff as committee rewards SMU’s wins over Crimson Tide’s strong schedule

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

Penn State earns 6-seed, most favorable path through College Football Playoff

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

College Football Playoff bracket revealed: Oregon No. 1 overall, SMU gets in over Alabama

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

Who will make the College Football Playoff field after a wild championship weekend?

Mandel’s Final Thoughts: SMU, Alabama and other ripples of championship weekend’s wild swings

An Oregon win, a Clemson upset, and ‘now what?’ for Alabama in the College Football Playoff