12 Team College Football Playoff

What we learned from the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff
Did it hurt the sport's regular season? Do rivalries still matter? Here's what Nicole Auerbach took away from the first year of the expanded CFP.
Five teams that could crash College Football Playoff party in 2025 include LSU, Alabama
Here are five teams that didn’t make the College Football Playoff this season that should be strong contenders for qualification next season.
How to make the College Football Playoff better | Don Williams
We grew up on a college football season that climaxed on New Year's Day. Is there a way back to that while keeping the excitement of the past month?
Where is the national championship game in 2026? College Football Playoff future schedule, locations, dates
The next three sites for the national title game will be at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans (Jan. 24, 2028), AT&T Stadium in Dallas (Jan. 22, 2029) and back to Hard Rock Stadium (Jan. 21, 2030) in Miami. New Orleans will host the CFP title game for the second time after LSU completed a perfect season with a win over Clemson in 2020.
Ranking the best champions of the College Football Playoff era, starting with Alabama, LSU
Since the start of the College Football Playoff in 2014, there have been 11 national champions. Which were the best? We ranked them all.
Why expanding the College Football Playoff worked – and what still needs to be fixed
Now that it’s all over and the Ohio State Buckeyes are the college football national champions, it can be definitively said: Expanding the College Football Playoff worked.
SEC and Big Ten already posturing for more College Football Playoff format change
According to college football insider Ross Dellenger of Yahoo!, the two power conferences will be meeting before the CFP committee has its annual meeting, with a proposed format change. They're reportedly proposing a 14-team playoff, expanding the current format by two more teams.
Betting Stuff: Way-too-early bets for the 2026 College Football Playoff champion
Following Ohio State's title win over Notre Dame, we take a look at who has the best value to win the 2026 CFP national championship.
Teams with most No. 1 appearances in College Football Playoff rankings
Making it to No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings means everything. What teams have made it to the top of the polls up to now?
College football rankings: Is Ohio State among all-time CFP national title winners?
Ohio State Buckeyes did two things no College Football Playoff national champion ever accomplished. Not only are they the first team to win the expande
Ohio State wins first 12-team College Football Playoff
After a devastating loss to Michigan in November, Ohio State recovered to win four in a row to win an expanded College Football Playoff. ()
Alabama fan interrupts C-SPAN's Trump inauguration coverage with complaint about College Football Playoff
An Alabama Crimson Tide fan fired off a scorching hot take during C-SPAN's coverage of President Donald Trump's inauguration ...
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In or out? Which of this year’s 12 Playoff teams are the best bets to make it back again next season?
Newly crowned college football national champion Ohio State has already been set as the favorite to win the title again next ...
College football season wasn’t what it used to be. Unless you knew where to look.
After traveling to 23 games through 19 states, a wanderer reflects on a season that featured a lot of new and yet much of the ...
Sports Illustrated’s 2025 Way-Too-Early College Football Top 25
The Ohio State Buckeyes bounced back from what seemed like a catastrophic loss to the Michigan Wolverines to go on a ...
How Kalen DeBoer ranked Alabama football in final coaches top 25 poll
Alabama football landed at No. 17 in the final coaches poll top 25 of the 2024 season. The Crimson Tide finished off Kalen ...