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.
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.
Who are the best College Football Playoff champions? We ranked them from No. 1 to No. 11
Since the start of the College Football Playoff in 2014, there have been 11 national champions. Which were the best? We ranked them all.
Tuesdays with Gorney: Prediction for next season’s College Football Playoff
With Ohio State winning the national championship over Notre Dame on Monday night, it’s now time to focus on the 12-team playoff for next season. In today’s Tuesdays With Gorney, Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney takes his shot to seed the 12 teams that will fill the College Football Playoff bracket next season.
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.
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?
Ohio State tops Notre Dame in College Football Playoff National Championship: Three 2025 NFL Draft takeaways
Ohio State held on to defeat Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff National Championship. Eric Edholm provides three takeaways from the game, with an eye on the 2025 NFL Draft.
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 same, old charm.
Ken Schreiber's 5 takeaways from the College Football Playoff championship
If someone tells you that games don't come down to one play, just show them this one, and Ohio State did what it needed to seal the win.
Where Penn State Lands in the 2025 Way-Too-Early College Football Rankings
The Athletic's Stewart Mandel is a preseason Penn State believer, placing the Nittany Lions atop his too-early top 25 for ...
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 ...
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 ...
Notre Dame feels angry and motivated after loss of College Football Playoff national title game
Notre Dame players were angry after their loss to Ohio State in the title game. But there was motivation after its College ...
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 ...
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.
Lessons from inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff: Format is flawed, home environments provide boost
The Ohio State football program captured history with claiming the first-ever College Football Playoff National Championship ...