Expanded College Football Playoff was a hit

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. The grand experiment to allow more teams to play for the national championship wasn’t perfect,
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 a positive one.
Projecting 2026 College Football Playoff
This year, Boise State was the non-power representative for the College Football Playoff. Next year, it will be Tulane, but it will be a very different situation than the Broncos'. Boise State got a bye and was actually ranked inside the top-12. That won't be the case next season.
10 things I’m absolutely overreacting to after college football’s first 12-team Playoff
Ohio State's national championship victory provided a fitting ending to an inaugural 12-team Playoff that accomplished everything it was designed to do.
Is there a better way to pick the College Football Playoff teams? Basketball analytics experts weigh in.
Two of the smartest people in college basketball offered solutions for the highly flawed, deeply subjective College Football Playoff selection process.
Predicting College Football Playoff's next 10 national champions
Let's have fun with this one and predict the playoff's next 10 national champions:
Five teams that could crash College Football Playoff party in 2025 include LSU, Alabama
Here are five teams that didn’t make the College Football Playoff this season that should be strong contenders for qualification next season.
Any College Football Playoff tweaks for 2025 won’t be hashed out until later this year
Any adjustments to the College Football Playoff for next season, including a potential tweak in the way byes are awarded, would have to take place later this year, probably in the spring, the leaders of the playoff said.
College Football Playoff title game returning to Tampa in 2029: report
Raymond James Stadium reportedly has been selected to host Tampa’s second College Football Playoff national title game, this one in 2029. Action Network reported Monday morning that Tampa had been chosen to replace Dallas as host for the Jan.
Tipsheet: Expanded College Football Playoff was a hit, but more changes could come
The first 12-team College Football Playoff was a success, but power school athletic directors are mulling format tweaks.
Future College Football Playoff national championship game locations
The 2024-25 College Football Playoff national championship game will be at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. What venues are hosting the game later?
2025 college football schedule: Looking ahead to loaded Week 0, 1 slate featuring Ohio State-Texas
It's never too early to look ahead to the next college football season. Here's a look at the top matchups of a loaded ...
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 ...
Josh Pate Blasts Competitive Balance in College Football Playoffs Amid Ohio State Title Win
The Ohio State Buckeyes ' Monday title game win gave the Big Ten Conference back-to-back national championships, cementing ...
College Football Playoff championship first look: Notre Dame-Ohio State in a battle of big brands
Notre Dame (14-1) and Ohio State (13-2) will meet on Jan. 20 in Atlanta to claim the first championship of the 12-team CFP.
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2025 NFL playoffs: Derrick Henry, Derrick Stingley headline divisional round's top 10 former CFB recruits
CFP National Championship Here are the Top247's highest-rated recruits left in the 2025 NFL Playoffs, ranked: Henry shared carries in the Alabama backfield during his first two seasons in Tuscaloosa ...
Paul Finebaum Names College Football Game That's a 'Wasted Saturday'
Ohio State will face Notre Dame on Jan. 20 at 7:30 p.m. ET. Ahead of the College Football Playoffs finale, SEC analyst Paul ...