The 2024 college football season featured dozens of highly entertaining games. But the Arizona State vs. Texas matchup in the College Football Playoff quarterf

Here's the complete schedule for the College Football Playoff for the 2025-26 season, including game dates, how to watch and teams. This is the second year of the 12-team playoff.

The first 12-team Playoff had a lot of great moments. It could also use some tweaks. In the short term, leaders are unlikely to make major changes to the format for the 2025 season. The bigger stuff is more likely to come in 2026, when the new contracts kick in and the SEC and Big Ten basically get to do whatever they want.

Notre Dame is fresh off an impressive run to the College Football Playoff National Championship, taking full advantage of the first year of the 12-team format while marching to Atlanta as the No. 7 seed.

Finebaum has expressed strong criticism regarding the 2024 College Football Playoff. He referred to the first-round games as "unwatchable," noting that none of those games were decided by a margin of single digits, with most resulting in blowouts. Furthermore, he believes that the biggest flaw in the playoff lies in the seeding system.

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.

Andy Staples of On3 believes that Notre Dame football will make the CFP Championship game again in 2025, but with the same result as in 2024.

Who will take home college football's national championship next season? The Ohio State Buckeyes are two weeks removed from winning the College Football Playoff national championship. Ryan Day's team won the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff.