The Latest Breaking News from College Football Playoff

TCU’s success shows Big 12 is still a power conference

“If you think about where this conference was 18 months ago, and the uncertainty and the lack of stability and you fast forward to today, it’s a game changer for us,” Commissioner Brett Yormark said of the Horned Frogs’ playoff berth.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2023

How many times has a SEC team won the College Football Playoff?

The SEC is quite the college football powerhouse.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 9, 2023

Report: Panthers Didn’t Initiate Conversation With Jim Harbaugh

The Michigan coach is one of the most popular names being discussed in conjunction with NFL vacancies this offseason.

Sports Illustrated · Jan 8, 2023

Defending champion Georgia vs. Cinderella TCU for CFP title

After the best semifinal day in the nine-year history of the College Football Playoff, the title game will match the defending national champion against the closest thing the sport has had in years to a Cinderella team

The Independent UK · Jan 1, 2023

J. Brady McCollough: Georgia vs. TCU a Hollywood-worthy Duggan vs. Goliath title matchup

This city lives for an irresistible underdog’s tale. Leave it to the College Football Playoff, of all the establishment-promoting institutions in this grand land, to provide Hollywood dreamers with a plot line dripping with all the good stuff.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 1, 2023

Saban Can’t Help But Bring Up CFP Rankings After Sugar Bowl Win

The Crimson Tide coach took a jab at the CFP committee following Alabama’s win against Kansas State.

Sports Illustrated · Jan 1, 2023

Alabama’s Dominant Sugar Bowl Win Launches Playoff Debate

The Crimson Tide showed what they can do in the Sugar Bowl.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 31, 2022

'Nobody's flinched': Michigan's youth movement helps fuel run to College Football Playoff

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Heading into the 2021 season, there was considerable conversation about the youth movement on the Michigan football team and how much it had changed the environment.

Tribune News Service · Dec 27, 2022

Illinois coach Bret Bielema’s salary jumps to $6 million under new contract

The Illini (8-4, 5-4 Big Ten) are wrapping up their best season since the 2007 Rose Bowl team won nine games. They were ranked in the AP Top 25 poll for five straight weeks and made the College Football Playoff rankings for the first time.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 20, 2022

Caleb Williams wins the Heisman Trophy, cementing his place in USC football lore

NEW YORK — Since Caleb Williams landed in Los Angeles last February as the most coveted transfer in all of college football, the quarterback has carried the weight of tremendous expectation on his shoulders.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 11, 2022