ESPN pleased with 1st season of expanded College Football Playoff as it looks to the future
The 11 College Football Playoff games averaged 15.6 million viewers according to Nielsen, as audiences increased during each round.
4 takeaways from the first year of the expanded College Football Playoff
Ohio State came out on top in the national championship on Monday, outlasting a late Notre Dame comeback push to win 34-23. The game brought an end to the first edition of the expanded College Football Playoff, which features 12 teams vying for the title instead of four.
5 changes the College Football Playoff needs to make to be even better in 2025-26
With the first 12-team College Football Playoff firmly in the rearview mirror, here are five minor to potentially major changes the postseason tournament needs to adopt sooner rather than later. Maybe in due time,
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.
Expanded College Football Playoff’s unintended consequence: Rivalry games don’t matter
For all the flag-planting of rivalry week, Ohio State is proving teams can overcome multiple losses (including the big one) on way to glory.
College Football Playoff: 5 Potential Changes to Improve the 12-Team Format
The first 12-team College Football Playoff finished on Monday night with Ohio State beating Notre Dame 34-23 in Atlanta, Ga. The new 12-team playoff was a massive success, although the expanded field allows for more mulligans for every team and perhaps reduces the importance of some games.
The playoff expanded college football’s platform along with the faith of players, coaches
As the seconds ticked off the clock in Mercedez-Benz Stadium Monday night, they closed out Ohio State’s ninth national championship as well as the longest college football
ESPN pleased with first season of expanded College Football Playoff as it looks to the future
The inaugural season of the 12-team College Football Playoff had its share of highlights and criticisms from fans and the media.
Projecting how the College Football Playoff for the 2025 season could play out
With the 2024 college football season in the books, we immediately pointed the discussion to 2025 with Mark Schlabach's Way-Too-Early Top 25. And before the conversation drifts to the NFL draft or the latest power grabs in store for the Big Ten and SEC,
Georgia Football Projected as Top Seed for 2025 College Football Playoffs
The Georgia Bulldogs have been projected as the number-one seed for the 2025 college football playoffs. While the 2024 college football season just recently ended, that hasn't stopped way-too-early predictions from rolling out from next season.
Ohio State basketball season encroached upon by expanded football playoff format | Oller
If you are wondering whatever happened to Ohio State men's basketball, the Buckeyes finally get to break from football's ...
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SI:AM | Expanded College Football Playoff Proves Successful—With Room for Improvement
It started with some blowouts, ended with some nailbiters and gave fans plenty to look forward to in future editions.
Worried about opt-outs in the expanded College Football Playoff? We saw the opposite of that in 2024 debut
There have been performances throughout the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff that should remind us all that players ...
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Ranking college football's toughest schedules in 2025
Continuing a position-by-position examination of 2025's college football superstars, there is a plethora of dominant ...