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How each of the 12 College Football Playoff teams could win the national title
Bill Connelly breaks down the path to victory for every team -- and what will hold each of them back.
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College Football Playoff 2025: First round first look
How all eight teams can win their first-round matchup, plus players to watch and biggest questions.
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EVALUATING THE CFP
CFP Anger Index: An absurd farce over Notre Dame, Miami
Evaluating the committee's ranking process, and what teams should be most upset over in the final CFP ranking.
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College Football Playoff predictions: We pick every game in every round
Our college football writers predict the outcomes of each CFP matchup and choose their champion.
MIAMI IN, NOTRE DAME OUT
Herbstreit: Head-to-head mattered between Miami and Notre Dame
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Saban hopes Notre Dame's snub leads to CFP changes
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HOOSIERS ARE A PERFECT 13-0!
Paul Finebaum isn't buying IU as CFP favorite
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How Curt Cignetti has used failure to motivate the Hoosiers
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SPORTS BETTING
Betting: How teams' identities from Championship Week will determine their CFP fate
Looking back at the weekend, here's how each team's identity lines up a CFP betting angle.
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WHAT WAS SEEN AND HEARD
NFL draft risers, questions and notes: Which prospects stood out in the conference title games?
We have NFL draft notes for every week of the college football season, including why Sonny Styles and Zachariah Branch stood out in Championship Week.
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COACHING CAROUSEL
Grading coaching hires: Penn State lands Matt Campbell
As the coaching carousel continues to spin, we grade every major hire.
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HEISMAN HOPEFUL
J-Rod's journey: From sleeping on floors and taking out loans to Heisman contention
The Texas Tech linebacker has been one of college football's brightest stars this season.
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Texas Tech's Jacob Rodriguez hits crossbar to win $250K for military foundation
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Top Headlines
- Tide, Canes in, Irish out as Indiana tops CFP field
- Irish say no bowl after CFP snub, rankings 'farce'
- Iowa St., K-State skip bowls, owe Big 12 $500K
- Sources: Huskers to hire SDSU's Aurich as new DC
- Sources: Fired Pry hired back by Va. Tech as DC
- Buckeyes remain betting favorite to win CFP title
- Indiana gets first-ever No. 1 ranking in AP Top 25
- TTU pays off spending spree with first Big 12 title
- 🏈 Grading coaching hires: Campbell to Penn St.
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Lane Kiffin's final days at Ole Miss and his move to LSU
How the long courtship of the Rebels coach finally came to a head, amid secret meetings and middle fingers.
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Grading 2025 college football head coaching hires
As the coaching carousel continues to spin, we grade every major hire.
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College football's new era of parity has arrived, but is it here to stay?
With NIL, revenue sharing, the transfer portal and player empowerment, CFB's landscape is changing.
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Wetzel: CFB's 'calendar' problem affects athletes more than millionaire coaches
Unlike coaches, high school kids don't have multimillion-dollar buyouts to fall back on, Dan Wetzel writes.
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College football national signing day live: Top commits, flips, moments
Wednesday is the first day for 2026 prospects to offiically sign. Here's what you missed.
