The 2024 college football season is over. With Ohio State’s 34-23 win against Notre Dame, the longest season in history…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Who will win the first 12-team College Football Playoff? Six teams received at least one vote in our survey of…
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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…
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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…
Read MoreRanking 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…
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