Utah and Oregon take advantage of a lacking weekend to keep Pac-12 in playoff mix
As if you haven’t learned your lesson by now, you can never rule any conference out of the...
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What if instead of the NCAA Tournament, college basketball determined its 2019 champion through bowl games?
Here's how the 2019 NCAA Tournament might look if the teams were instead assigned to bowl games.
Big 12 Bowl Recap: Some tough losses, but a strong finish
The Big 12 entered the final two days of bowl season with a 2-3 record. Baylor had won...
CFP National Championship starts with a bang thanks to Tua Tagovailoa throwing a pick-six, then a long touchdown
One of Alabama QB's Tagovailoa's first passes was picked off for a TD, but he responded with a 62-yard TD pass to Jerry Jeudy.
UCF’s football Twitter account delivers a “Too soon” response to a tweet about how they’re technically playoff-eligible
Alabama and Clemson meeting for a third national title in four years should be embraced
A season that was played up to be a marathon to arrive at yet another title bout between...
Alabama-Clemson Part IV: Crimson Tide open as clear favorites in CFP National Championship
Saturday’s College Football Playoff semifinal games weren’t very competitive. The No. 2 Clemson Tigers walloped the No. 3 Notre...
For reasons that remain unclear, four fans are living on an ESPN billboard during the College Football Playoff
What, exactly, do these "lucky" fans get out of this?
Big 12 Bowl Primer: Seven teams bowling, only one favorite
The Big 12 has a chance to make a serious statement this bowl season, with seven of its...
It is no longer possible to imagine college football on ESPN without Imagine Dragons
Yes, there will be yet more Imagine Dragons on ESPN's college football playoff coverage.
Jim Delany could have been the hero we needed for playoff expansion. Instead, he chose to uphold the broken status quo.
Delany could have used this opportunity to push for an eight-team playoff that wouldn't leave the Big Ten in the cold. He did not.
Notre Dame likely clinches College Football Playoff spot with comeback victory over USC
Week 13 College Football Rooting Interests
There are just two weeks left in the college football season, and ten teams still have a chance...
Week 12 CFP Implications: UCF, not Alabama, is the elephant in the room
UCF has been on the fringe of the Playoff conversation all year. Well, now it’s time for the...
What the CFP Selection Committee taught us: LSU shows you are graded on an Alabama curve
McGuire’s Musings: Who can stop Alabama? Could Michigan get revenge on Notre Dame? What’s next for Kansas & Louisville?
We have finally made it to November, which means Thanksgiving is already being overlooked by Christmas commercials and...
Which teams have the easiest and most difficult paths to the College Football Playoff?
ESPN’s College Football Playoff Predictor is pure nonsense
It's a marketing tool, not an actual Playoff Predictor.
Week 7 CFP Implications: Chaos has begun, and expect more to come
The common theme this week is that chaos has arrived. Georgia lost, Penn State lost, West Virginia lost,...
Which one-loss team has the best chance to get into the College Football Playoff?
Just because you have one loss doesn't mean you're out of the title picture....yet at least.
McGuire’s Musings: Don’t let the Big Ten’s bad weekend distract you from Ohio State being darn good
It was a rough weekend for Big Ten, but Ohio State will control its own playoff chances After...
Week 2 CFP Implications: Few upsets, so things stand pat
Looking ahead to the Week 2 slate, most realized that we’d be treated to a relatively light lineup...
Preseason CFP Implications: Boom or bust for SEC; what happens with Urban Meyer and Ohio State?
Several Week 1 games could wind up having major implications on the College Football Playoff race.
Recent history suggests Nick Saban is misguided about losing early, but may not be totally wrong
"This is one of the issues I have with the way we go through the Playoff, the whole deal is if you lose late in the season it has much more significant impact than if you lose early on,"
The College Football Playoff will expand to 8 teams eventually. What will it take to get there?
Everyone in charge is happy with the four-team system... until they're not.
