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.
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?
Year 1 of the 12-team College Football Playoff is coming to a close. Was the expansion a success?
The CFP will never likely surpass the NFL in the attention economy, but the march through the first 12-team Playoff has been a positive one.
AP's all-College Football Playoff team features an all-Ohio State offensive backfield
Ohio State’s run to its first national championship in a decade enabled the Buckeyes to dominate the Associated Press’ all-College Football Playoff team. The AP changed the way it put together its postseason all-star teams this season as college football introduced an expanded 12-team playoff that had some schools playing as many as four postseason games.
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.
4 takeaways from the first year of the expanded College Football Playoff
Ohio State came out on top in the national championship on Monday, outlasting a late Notre Dame comeback push to win 34-23. The game brought an end to the first edition of the expanded College Football Playoff, which features 12 teams vying for the title instead of four.
Ohio State celebrates and gets ready for all the changes coming to college football in 2025
The early betting favorite to win next year’s national championship is Ohio State. The question nobody can really answer at this time is what sort of game will the Buckeyes or anyone else return to when they kick it off again seven months from now.
Who will win the College Football Playoff title game? Ohio State favored over Notre Dame
Jesse Temple: Ohio State has been a juggernaut during a three-game winning streak in the Playoff, embarrassing Tennessee and Oregon. Notre Dame has won 13 straight games and put together a fantastic season. But Ohio State’s balance and overall talent should emerge. … Ohio State 24, Notre Dame 14.
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.
How to watch 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship for free
Fans looking to watch this championship football game can do so for free on fuboTV, which offers a free trial ( and $30 off your first month) or on DirecTV Stream, which also offers a free trial. SlingTV has promotional offers available, as well.
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?
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 ...
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 ...
Ohio State, Ryan Day reign in CFP and looking ahead to 2025. College Football Fix discusses
Ohio State is champions of college football. College Football Fix discusses the Buckeyes victory and more heading into the ...
College football rankings: Tight race for preseason No. 1 serves as key storyline entering 2025 season
Ohio State captured its first national championship since 2014 with a win over Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff ...
Two Texas Longhorns Named Top-15 Players in College Football
In ESPN's recent top-100 players in college football rankings, the Texas Longhorns had two players rank inside the top-15.
2025 College Football odds: Lines, spreads for marquee Week 1 matchups
CFB season doesn't kick off until the fall, but it's never too soon to wager on a few big games. Check out the early odds for ...
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 DeBoer’s first season 9-4 after losing the ReliaQuest Bowl to Michigan. Five ...