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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 month ago

SMU to visit Penn State in opening CFP round with Boise State awaiting the winner in the Fiesta Bowl

Associated Press

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — SMU had an anxious morning awaiting word from the College Football Playoff committee. SMU earned the CFP’s last at-large selection on Sunday and will open the College Football Playoff at Penn State on Dec. 21, with the winner moving on to face Boise State and electric running back Ashton Jeanty in the Dec. 31 Fiesta Bowl. “Brands …

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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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1 month ago

College Football Playoff’s first 12-team bracket is set with Oregon No. 1 and SMU in, Alabama out

Associated Press

The new, 12-team College Football Playoff brings with it a promise to be bigger, more exciting, more lucrative. Alabama comes up short in the bracket’s biggest debate Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print The Big Ten will lead the way with four teams in the tournament, followed by the SEC with three and …

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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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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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1 month 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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1 month 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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1 month, 1 week ago

How much does the CFP selection committee punish conference championship game losers?

New York Times

There’s a fear among this year’s College Football Playoff contenders that losing a conference championship game could net them a worse result than not playing in one at all. Overall, the 47 teams that lost power-conference title games in the CFP’s first decade dropped an average of two spots in the final CFP Top 25. With all eyes on how …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Ding dong, Miami’s dead, but did Ole Miss deserve the CFP rankings nod over Alabama?

New York Times

The College Football Playoff selection committee made the words of their chairman from a week earlier look silly, and they should all be commended for it. It is to the credit, or good fortune, of The SEC Three — three-loss Alabama, Ole Miss and South Carolina — that they played and beat better teams than Miami. 14 South Carolina has …

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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 …

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1 month, 1 week ago

College Football Playoff Bubble Watch: What will committee do with Alabama and Miami?

New York Times

The College Football Playoff field is mostly set. The bubble isn’t very big, but the central debate heading into the conference championship games seems clear: Will the committee elect to place three-loss Alabama into the field ahead of two-loss Miami — or even SMU if the Mustangs lose the ACC title game against Clemson? They could lose 59-0, like 2014 …

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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 …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

AP Top 25 poll: Alabama, Ole Miss fall out of top 10

CNN

CNN — Following upset losses to unranked opponents, Alabama and Mississippi both fell out of the top 10 in the AP Top 25 poll when the latest rankings were released on Sunday. Ohio State, Texas and Penn State, all of whom won on Saturday, occupy the next three spots behind the Ducks, who are now the only undefeated team in …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

AP Top 25: Alabama, Mississippi out of top 10 and Miami, SMU are in; Oregon remains unanimous No. 1

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Alabama and Mississippi tumbled out of the top 10 of The Associated Press Top 25 poll Sunday and Miami and SMU moved in following a chaotic weekend in the SEC and across college football in general. The Buckeyes would play Oregon in the Big Ten championship …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

College Football Playoff 2024 projections: Arizona State grabs a bye, ACC lands 2 bids

New York Times

Well, Tuesday night’s rankings will be very interesting now that both Ole Miss and Alabama have three losses. 10, one spot behind 10-1 SMU and ahead of the 9-3 Rebels and 9-3 Tide, putting the Hoosiers in line for one of the last at-large spots. Should the Tigers beat 8-3 South Carolina next week, they might pose a threat to …

2 months, 1 week ago

How to fix five of college football history’s most controversial national champion debates

New York Times

No sport invites as much chaos and debate in crowning a champion as college football. Lansing State Journal columnist Bob Hoerner wrote, “The name of the game is win and although the Spartans didn’t quite make it against Notre Dame, they at least tried right up to the final bell. Per Big Ten rules, Michigan State was not allowed to …

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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 …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Memphis, UTSA and Tulane aim to replace departed SMU as American Athletic champion

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Still, three other top AAC teams from last season — Memphis, Tulane and UTSA — are back and primed to contend. “Personally, as a head coach, I haven’t accomplished anything that I want to in this conference.” Full speed ahead After winning Conference USA titles in …

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10 months, 4 weeks ago

Mandel’s Mailbag: Analyzing the CFP-ESPN deal, UCLA’s coaching change and more

New York Times

On Tuesday, we learned just how much a 12-team College Football Playoff is worth to ESPN: $1.3 billion per year. According to a team source, UCLA wasn’t even in seven figures on that front.” GO DEEPER UCLA names former RB DeShaun Foster new coach UCLA might have had a deeper NIL well if Kelly had done anything whatsoever to promote …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Who gets New Year’s Six slot, thoughts on James Madison’s situation? G5 mailbag

New York Times

As we enter November, the first College Football Playoff rankings are set to come out, and most conference races remain wide open. How do you rank the top five candidates for the G5 New Year’s Six beyond Air Force and Tulane? Of course, Tulane’s one loss was to an Ole Miss team floating around the AP top 10, and Air …

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2 years ago

College football’s best performances of 2022: TCU’s late magic, Brian Kelly’s big gamble and more

New York Times

By the time the ball drops in Times Square on New Year’s Eve, we should know which two teams will play for the College Football Playoff national championship in Los Angeles on Jan. 9. — Vannini Brian Kelly goes for two When Jayden Daniels broke free for a 25-yard touchdown run on LSU’s first play in overtime against Alabama, Brian …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Bubble Watch: Illinois and the problem with extremely weird circumstances

New York Times

Kofi Cockburn returned from a concussion Saturday afternoon, and just in time: Illinois needed every bit of his 22 points to survive at Northwestern, 59-56, in 65 possessions. Michigan State : Speaking of monitoring absences, would the committee have noted Illinois’s absences had the Spartans come out of Champaign with a road win last week? The good news is that …

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

SMU to visit Penn State in opening CFP round with Boise State awaiting the winner in the Fiesta Bowl

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

College Football Playoff’s first 12-team bracket is set with Oregon No. 1 and SMU in, Alabama out

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

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

How much does the CFP selection committee punish conference championship game losers?

Ding dong, Miami’s dead, but did Ole Miss deserve the CFP rankings nod over Alabama?

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

College Football Playoff Bubble Watch: What will committee do with Alabama and Miami?

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

AP Top 25 poll: Alabama, Ole Miss fall out of top 10

AP Top 25: Alabama, Mississippi out of top 10 and Miami, SMU are in; Oregon remains unanimous No. 1

College Football Playoff 2024 projections: Arizona State grabs a bye, ACC lands 2 bids

How to fix five of college football history’s most controversial national champion debates

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

Memphis, UTSA and Tulane aim to replace departed SMU as American Athletic champion

Mandel’s Mailbag: Analyzing the CFP-ESPN deal, UCLA’s coaching change and more

Who gets New Year’s Six slot, thoughts on James Madison’s situation? G5 mailbag

College football’s best performances of 2022: TCU’s late magic, Brian Kelly’s big gamble and more

Bubble Watch: Illinois and the problem with extremely weird circumstances