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ACC Snubbed in First College Football Playoff Rankings as Big 12 Surges Ahead

The selection committee sent a harsh message that the conference’s résumé is weak and its multibid playoff hopes are already on thin ice.

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College Football Playoff Committee Releases First Top 25 of 2025 Season

The race for the national championship is on.

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College Football Playoff Eliminator: Which Teams Are Out or Alive for a Berth After Week 10

The ACC is likely a one-bid league, while the Big 12 tiebreakers could either be simple or complicated depending on these final weeks.

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College Football Playoff and Bowl Projections After Week 10: BYU, Virginia Miss Auto Bids

New Mexico, Southern Miss and Temple all eyeing bowl bids after several seasons of missing out. Plus, an enticing Alamo Bowl between USC and Houston could be on tap.

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Miami's Playoff Hopes Take Significant Hit As Carson Beck OT Interception Sets Up SMU Win

The Mustangs pull of a big home upset that puts the Hurricanes’ College Football Playoff aspirations in jeopardy.

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SMU Fans Rush Field After Mustangs Deal Miami a Second Loss

The Hurricanes' College Football Playoff hopes are hanging by a thread.

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College Football Playoff Bracket Week 10 Live Projections: Group of 5 Bid Up for Grabs

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

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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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