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The Latest Breaking News from College Football Playoff

How Tennessee vs. Oklahoma Impacts Both Teams’ College Football Playoff Chances

The Vols host the Sooners in what very well could be a CFP elimination game.

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College Football Playoff Eliminator: Which Teams Are Out or Alive for a Berth After Week 9

The Big Ten and SEC are aiming to send at least four teams apiece, while the Group of 5 bid could have competition.

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College Football Playoff and Bowl Projections After Week 9: Oregon’s Résumé Discussion

The Ducks have only one win against a team over .500, which could prevent them from hosting a first-round CFP game. Plus, how the bowl schedule is shaping up.

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College Football Playoff Projection After Week 8: Alabama Surging, Notre Dame Back in the Mix

The latest playoff race features surprise climbs from Georgia Tech and Texas A&M, while Oregon and Georgia fight to stay in the conversation.

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Jeremiyah Love, Notre Dame Run Wild on USC As Future of Rivalry Remains Uncertain

Behind a ferocious run game and physical play, the Irish showed they’re a College Football Playoff threat and the alpha in this storied matchup.

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College Football Week 8 Winners and Losers: Midnight Arrives for a Slew of Unbeatens

From the desert to South Beach, College Football Playoff contenders were caught napping.

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College Football Playoff Race: Power Ranking Teams on the Bubble Entering Week 8

With a few weeks until the selection committee puts out its first official rankings, a look at teams on the fringes of the 12-team field.

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College Football Playoff Projection After Week 7: Front-Runner Emerges in Unpredictable Big 12

We got clarification on the pecking order in the Big Ten, how the SEC is shaking out behind Alabama and if anybody can hold off Notre Dame.

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College Football Playoff Bracket Week 7 Live Projections: USF Gets Edge in Group of 5

Throughout Saturday’s slate, Sports Illustrated will give an updated look at the playoff seeding and matchups.

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How Michigan’s Game Against USC Impacts Wolverines’ Playoff Chances

Saturday’s game in Los Angeles is a crucial one for Michigan’s College Football Playoff hopes.

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Forde-Yard Dash: Bold Predictions Put Shocking Unbeaten SEC Team in Spotlight

Projecting Missouri’s unexpected rise, CJ Carr’s Heisman buzz and how the College Football Playoff race will shape up in October.

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Ohio State AD Explains Why He Thinks College Football Playoff Should Keep Expanding

The Buckeyes' AD said playoff expansion would benefit the game.

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Arch Manning Fails to Deliver in No. 1 Texas’s Loss

The Longhorns quarterback had a pedestrian performance in a much-anticipated debut, while coach Steve Sarkisian was overmatched against the Buckeyes.

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Sports Illustrated’s 2025 College Football Preseason All-Americans

From Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith to Texas’s Colin Simmons, here are our first- and second-team selections who should have major impacts in 2025.

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College Football Playoff Predictions: Imagining Eight Experimental Scenarios for 2025

From our best guess to how the playoff will unfold to borderline absurd brackets, here is how the season could play out under very different circumstances.

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The 25 Most Intriguing College Football Coaches for 2025

Bill Belichick is in charge at Chapel Hill, Deion Sanders is back for Year 3 in Boulder and Steve Sarkisian enters a championship-or-bust season in Austin.

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CFP Expansion Division Stems From Stronghold ESPN Has Over Games

A Big Ten push for more play-in games with other TV partners has roots in the Playoff extending its media rights deal with just one network.

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Tony Petitti's CFP Proposal Doesn't Have College Football’s Best Interests in Mind

The commissioner remains the lone power figure pushing for College Football Playoff expansion with more opportunities for Power 4 teams.

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SEC Head Coach Vouches for 30-Team College Football Playoff

Missouri's Eli Drinkwitz thinks the current field should more than double.

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Potential Shift in College Football Playoff Sparks IRL Uncertainty–and on ‘NCAA,’ Too

The NCAA’s College Football Playoff finally expanded in 2024, allowing 12 teams to play for the title. It wasn’t without its issues, many of which were ironed out in recent adjustments to the 2025 version. But if the Big Ten and SEC have their way, confusion and frustration with the…

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College Football Playoff Moves to Straight Seeding in 2025, No Consensus on ’26 Changes

Revenue distribution for the four highest-ranked conference champions, roughly $8 million, will likely remain the same.

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College Football Playoff Unanimously Votes to Move to Straight Seeding for 2025

The top four seeds in the CFP will look a bit different next season.

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Group of 5, Independent Football Primer: Notre Dame Hopeful for CFP Bid Again

After a look at the Power 4 leagues, SI runs through the remaining conferences and the favorites, new coaches and potential playoff teams.

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College Football’s Top 20 Impact Players for the 2025 Season

This group can elevate their teams in ways that don’t show up on a box score and will be must-watch this fall.

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Rob Gronkowski Offers Thoughts on, Suggestions for 12-Team College Football Playoff

The former Arizona tight end and current LA Bowl MC likes what he sees, he told SI on Wednesday.

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