Mandel: Arrogance of Big Ten, SEC leaders on full display in New Orleans college football meetings
For two decades, every hare-brained development in college football could be boiled down to a simple explanation: “No one is ...
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Ranking 134 college football teams after 2024 season: Ohio State No. 1, Arizona State’s big rise
The 2024 college football season is over. With Ohio State’s 34-23 win against Notre Dame, the longest season in history ...
Way too early Top 25 rankings for the 2025 college football season
Five years ago, this was a fairly simple exercise: Rank Alabama either No. 1 or 2, then drop Ohio State, ...
What do the numbers say about competitiveness in the postseason for NFL, college football?
One evening after the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff concluded with four blowout games staged on campus, ESPN host Scott ...
The 25 worst losses in college football history, including Baylor’s 2024 entry at Colorado
Baylor plays LSU on Tuesday night in the Texas Bowl, Dave Aranda’s team looking for its seventh straight win to ...
Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Don’t blame Playoff committee for first round getting out of hand
And now, 12 Final Thoughts from the first weekend of the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff.1. The first on-campus Playoff ...
SMU’s CFP nightmare: Interceptions, diverted billionaires and a ‘shell-shocked’ Cinderella
Billions of dollars can buy a lot of things. It can help revive a football program and get your alma ...
Which CFP team has the best starting QB? Ranking all 12 from Dillon Gabriel to … who knows?
Joe Burrow circa 2019 is not walking through the door of this College Football Playoff. There is no Deshaun Watson ...
College Football Playoff’s successful arrival proves sky didn’t fall — as so many said it would
In 1993, an 11-1 Notre Dame squad finished second in the polls to a 12-1 Florida State team the Fighting ...
College Football Playoff bracket predictions: The Athletic’s national championship picks
Who will win the first 12-team College Football Playoff? Six teams received at least one vote in our survey of ...
Ranking upset chances for College Football Playoff underdogs: Will any road team win?
As underdog hunters, we have been excited to watch college football’s championship morph into a playoff system, because with seeds ...
Hater’s guide to the College Football Playoff: Dabo turns SEC tears into holy water
Of the many things worth hating about college football, most of them are at least tacitly associated with the most ...
How much do NIL roster budgets really matter for College Football Playoff teams?
College football does have a salary cap.Every team’s budget is capped by how much its third-party NIL collective can raise ...
College Football Playoff pressure gauge: Which head coaches need to win most?
So much of the first season of the 12-team College Football Playoff has been spent adjusting the definition of success ...
Ranking 134 college football teams after conference title games: Boise State’s climb continues
Editor’s note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams.The first year of the 12-team ...
College Football Playoff bracket revealed: Oregon No. 1 overall, SMU gets in over Alabama
Follow live updates and reaction to the 12-team College Football Playoff field.The first 12-team College Football Playoff will include SMU ...
Who will win College Football Playoff? Why Bruce Feldman has Oregon winning his bracket
Who will win the first 12-team College Football Playoff national championship? I believe there are six teams that have the ...
College Football Playoff takeaways: Clemson kickstarts SMU-Alabama debate for final spot
By Ralph D. Russo, Matt Baker, Justin Williams, Joe Rexrode and Sam Khan Jr.The first 12-team College Football Playoff field ...
Clemson vs. SMU: How to watch the ACC Championship today, kickoff time, channel and more
The Clemson Tigers face the SMU Mustangs in the ACC Championship final this Saturday night, here's how to watch. (Ken ...
5 potential College Football Playoff underdogs favorites should fear including…Alabama?
College football has seen its fair share of underdog stories over the years. But too many of them occurred in ...
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