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Penn State football's 2025 expectations have skyrocketed after its run to the College Football Playoff semifinals and the hiring of perhaps the top defensive coordinator in the country.

It's the NFL, and it's everyone else, and in its first real attempt to do this right, the College Football Playoff put on a better tournament than the NFL did. That’s not to say the expanded CFP ...

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. Since only four teams actually won any ...

expanding the College Football Playoff worked. The grand experiment to allow more teams to play for the national championship wasn’t perfect, but it ended up where it was supposed to ...

Ohio State's 34-23 win against Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff championship game will earn the Buckeyes a spot in history as the first champion in the 12-team playoff format.

The topics set for discussion will be the future format of the College Football Playoff, governance questions around the NCAA, and how to prepare for the House vs. NCAA settlement. This would mark ...

It’s mostly because of the revenue generated from extra playoff games. This push towards a more NFL-style model is devaluing the best part about college football—its regular season.

And there you have it. The Ohio State Buckeyes have won their second College Football Playoff National Championship, their first since winning the inaugural one back in 2014. Ohio State was ...