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

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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2 weeks, 1 day 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, 2 days 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, 2 days 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, 2 days 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, 3 days ago

Clemson vs. SMU: How to watch, picks, odds for ACC Championship Game

New York Times

Texas and Oregon aren’t the only teams making conference title games in their first seasons in a new league. SMU also pulled off the feat in the ACC after going 8-0 in conference play and now enters the title game as a small favorite against Clemson in the first-ever meeting between these teams. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney is 8-1 in …

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No. 8 SMU looks to complete unbeaten run through ACC in conference title game vs. No. 18 Clemson

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! But I think we’ve been in this game two of the last three years.” If the Mustangs win they’ll likely wrap up a first-round bye in the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff. No Hurricanes Swinney said if the Tigers win the national title he’ll invite Syracuse …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

College football conference championship odds, picks against the spread for all 9 title games

New York Times

The song of championship week has a running refrain: It’s tough to beat the same team twice. Sign Up Western Kentucky at Jacksonville State Friday 7 p.m. on CBSSN Jacksonville State joined the FBS last year, and coach Rich Rodriguez already has the Gamecocks in a conference title game. 10 Boise State Friday 8 p.m. on FOX It’s a banner …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

College football championship week oddly specific predictions: Penn State? Yes, Penn State

New York Times

It was a really fun regular season trying to make educated guesses about what would happen week-to-week. But first, here are this week’s conference championship picks with the stat stuffers included in the capsules: Friday Conference USA: Western Kentucky at Jacksonville State Jacksonville State is the first program to reach a bowl game in each of its first two seasons …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Who will win the conference championship games? Plus College Football Playoff chaos on deck?

New York Times

Until Saturday Newsletter 🏈 | This is The Athletic’s college football newsletter. Line: Jacksonville State -5.5 Jacksonville State -5.5 Prediction: Jacksonville State 21, Western Kentucky 17 AAC: Tulane at No. 24 Army Tulane’s loss to Memphis last week deflated the College Football Playoff potential of this game. Line: Boise State -4 Boise State -4 Prediction: Boise State 28, UNLV 21 …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Conference championship games ranked: What are the Playoff implications?

New York Times

Conference championship games, by design, should deliver some high-voltage matchups, especially with most leagues having moved away from the divisional format. There are no CFP stakes in this one, but Jax State is in the conference title game in just its second season of FBS play and first year of eligibility. The Bobcats claim five MAC crowns dating back to …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

College football picks: 'Let's play two' a theme for handful of conference championship games

Hindustan Times

No football coach would tell you he's excited about the prospect of having to beat the same team twice in the same season. The FBS rematches: Western Kentucky at Jacksonville State in the Sun Belt, UNLV at Boise State in the Mountain West, Ohio vs. Miami in Detroit in the Mid-American and Georgia vs. Texas in Atlanta in the Southeastern …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

College football picks: ‘Let’s play two’ a theme for handful of conference championship games

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The FBS rematches: Western Kentucky at Jacksonville State in the Sun Belt, UNLV at Boise State in the Mountain West, Ohio vs. Miami in Detroit in the Mid-American and Georgia vs. Texas in Atlanta in the Southeastern Conference. “You can’t hang or your hat on the …

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2 weeks, 6 days 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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3 weeks ago

Ohio State and Miami tumble in College Football Playoff penultimate rankings

CNN

CNN — Buckeye and Hurricane fans must have known this moment was coming as the College Football Playoff comes into focus ahead of conference championship week. After suffering shocking upsets to unranked opponents on Saturday, Ohio State and Miami dropped in the penultimate CFP rankings, which were revealed Tuesday. After winning their first five ACC games, Miami lost two of …

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3 weeks 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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No. 9 SMU beats Cal 38-6. Up next, the ACC title game in Mustangs’ 1st season in the conference

Live Mint

DALLAS — Kevin Jennings threw for 225 yards and two touchdowns as ninth-ranked SMU completed a sweep of its first Atlantic Coast Conference schedule with a penalty-plagued 38-6 win over California on Saturday. The Mustangs were already locked into next week's championship game in their ACC debut before closing the regular season with their 17th consecutive win in a league …

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No. 9 SMU beats Cal 38-6. Up next, the ACC title game in Mustangs’ 1st season in the conference

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! DALLAS — Kevin Jennings threw for 225 yards and two touchdowns as ninth-ranked SMU completed a sweep of its first Atlantic Coast Conference schedule with a penalty-plagued 38-6 win over California on Saturday. The Mustangs were already locked into next week’s championship game in their ACC …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Kyle McCord outplays Will Howard, and more Ohio State woes

New York Times

And now, 20 Final Thoughts from college football’s Rivalry Weekend, where many of the teams fought for 60 minutes, and then fought some more. On the same day that Ohio State’s Howard played his worst game of the season, the guy he replaced, Kyle McCord, led Syracuse to its biggest win in years, a 42-38 upset of No. 16 Arizona …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

As ACC winds down, SMU, Miami and Clemson still all hoping for playoff nods

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! And when it’s all said and done, the ACC might get two of those teams — or all three, if things break right — into the newly expanded College Football Playoff. There were surprises in the ACC this season: Florida State went from first to worst, …

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No. 9 SMU looks for undefeated ACC slate in debut when finishing regular season against Cal

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! SMU has already clinched a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game in its league debut, and is up to ninth in the College Football Playoff rankings. Cal is also in its first ACC season, and is coming off a fourth-quarter comeback for a win …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

No. 9 SMU kept champion mindset in move to ACC and is already in title game before finale vs. Cal

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “So just having a reminder that we can do it.” After winning the American Athletic Conference title last year, the ninth-ranked Mustangs will now play in the ACC championship game — and maybe the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff — no matter what happens in their …

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1 month ago

SMU routs Virginia, clinches spot in ACC Championship Game

New York Times

SMU is headed to the ACC Championship Game in its first season in the league. Its 7-0 ACC record is the best by a team jumping from a mid-major league to a power conference since at least 1978, according to SMU. The Mustangs beat Tulane to win the American Athletic Conference crown last year. The stakes are higher this year …

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SMU’s Jennings is making a name for himself with the Mustangs one win away from the ACC title game

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Former Alabama coach Nick Saban repeatedly heaps praise on him during ESPN’s “College GameDay.” “I mean, Coach Saban talks about him every week, so it’s making it hard for him to be slept on,” SMU coach Rhett Lashlee said this week. “You think about when he …

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

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

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

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

Clemson vs. SMU: How to watch, picks, odds for ACC Championship Game

No. 8 SMU looks to complete unbeaten run through ACC in conference title game vs. No. 18 Clemson

College football conference championship odds, picks against the spread for all 9 title games

College football championship week oddly specific predictions: Penn State? Yes, Penn State

Who will win the conference championship games? Plus College Football Playoff chaos on deck?

Conference championship games ranked: What are the Playoff implications?

College football picks: 'Let's play two' a theme for handful of conference championship games

College football picks: ‘Let’s play two’ a theme for handful of conference championship games

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

Ohio State and Miami tumble in College Football Playoff penultimate rankings

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

No. 9 SMU beats Cal 38-6. Up next, the ACC title game in Mustangs’ 1st season in the conference

No. 9 SMU beats Cal 38-6. Up next, the ACC title game in Mustangs’ 1st season in the conference

Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Kyle McCord outplays Will Howard, and more Ohio State woes

As ACC winds down, SMU, Miami and Clemson still all hoping for playoff nods

No. 9 SMU looks for undefeated ACC slate in debut when finishing regular season against Cal

No. 9 SMU kept champion mindset in move to ACC and is already in title game before finale vs. Cal

SMU routs Virginia, clinches spot in ACC Championship Game

SMU’s Jennings is making a name for himself with the Mustangs one win away from the ACC title game