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College Football Playoff Rankings: Live Reaction to Top 25 Following Week 12

How many playoff bids is the SEC looking at now?

Sports Illustrated · Nov 19, 2025

Forde-Yard Dash: Picking the Coach of Year in Each League, Plus Naming the Worst Jobs

Indiana’s Curt Cignetti has the Hoosiers unbeaten and in line for a first-round College Football Playoff bid, while Clark Lea’s Commodores are 8–2 for the first time since 1941.

Sports Illustrated · Nov 18, 2025

Forde: College Football Playoff Projected Bracket After Week 12

The SEC is still a five-bid league even with Oklahoma’s upset win over Alabama.

Sports Illustrated · Nov 17, 2025

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College Football Playoff Bracket Week 12 Live Projections: Jumbled ACC Fighting for Bids

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

Sports Illustrated · Nov 15, 2025

How Georgia vs. Texas Impacts Both Teams’ College Football Playoff Chances

The Longhorns dropped two games to the Bulldogs a year ago, and now head to Athens as both teams battle for playoff positioning.

Sports Illustrated · Nov 14, 2025

Alabama vs. Oklahoma: How Game Impacts College Football Playoff Race for Both Programs

The Crimson Tide look to hang on to their status as a favorite for a first-round bye, while the Sooners are trying to stay alive for a bid.

Sports Illustrated · Nov 14, 2025

College Football Playoff Format History: How the Bracket Has Changed Over the Years

College football’s postseason structure has been evolving since the sport’s inception in 1869, and the current model—the CFP—may not be done growing just yet.

Sports Illustrated · Nov 13, 2025

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New College Football Playoff Rankings: Texas Tech’s Win Over BYU Shakes Up Bracket

A look at the College Football Playoff Committee's latest Top 25 rankings.

Sports Illustrated · Nov 12, 2025

Forde-Yard Dash: Why 12 Teams in the College Football Playoff Are Enough

Amid recent talks of expanding the CFP to 16, this season’s chaos has proven that the current format might be better as is.

Sports Illustrated · Nov 9, 2025

College Football Playoff Bracket Week 11 Live Projections: Chaotic ACC in Tough Spot

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

Sports Illustrated · Nov 8, 2025

How Texas Tech vs. BYU Impacts Both Teams’ College Football Playoff Chances

The top two teams in the Big 12 will jockey for playoff position on Saturday afternoon in Lubbock, Texas.

Sports Illustrated · Nov 6, 2025

College Football Playoff Race: Power Ranking CFP Bubble Teams After First Top 25

The CFP selection committee released its first set of rankings for the 2025 season on Tuesday.

Sports Illustrated · Nov 5, 2025

College Football Playoff Rankings: Live Reaction to First CFP Top 25 of the Season

What does the field of 12 look like? SI’s Pat Forde and Bryan Fischer break down the committee’s rankings and bracket as they are revealed.

Sports Illustrated · Nov 4, 2025

How Voting for the College Football Playoff Committee Works

A closer look at how the College Football Playoff committee makes their rankings.

Sports Illustrated · Nov 4, 2025

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Sports Illustrated · Nov 3, 2025

What to Watch As the College Football Playoff Selection Committee Rankings Debut

From crowded conference races to a wide-open Group of 5 field, the first CFP rankings on Tuesday will reveal what the committee truly values.

Sports Illustrated · Nov 2, 2025

Forde: College Football Playoff Projected Bracket After Week 10

Vanderbilt and Miami drop out after big losses ahead of the CFP committee’s first rankings reveal.

Sports Illustrated · Nov 2, 2025

Projecting the College Football Playoff Top 25 for Week 11

The first College Football Playoff poll will be released this week as the regular season enters the final month.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 30, 2025

How Texas vs. Vanderbilt Impacts Both Teams’ College Football Playoff Chances

The Commodores remain very alive in the playoff race, while the Longhorns hope to stay alive with a big win.

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Sports Illustrated · Oct 26, 2025

Vanderbilt in the College Football Playoff? The SEC’s Biggest Surprise Isn’t Done Yet

With a 7–1 record, Heisman candidate and coach who refuses to quit, the Commodores’ miracle season is rewriting what’s possible at the formerly perennial doormat.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 25, 2025

How Vanderbilt's Win vs. Missouri Impacts Both Teams' College Football Playoff Chances

Diego Pavia and the Commodores pulled out a close win in an ugly game.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 25, 2025

How Ole Miss's Win at Oklahoma Impacts Both Teams' College Football Playoff Chances

Trinidad Chambliss led the Rebels to a huge road win that puts Mississippi in tremendous shape to reach the playoff.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 25, 2025

College Football Playoff Bracket Week 9 Live Projections: Why Unbeaten Texas A&M Stays Put

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

Sports Illustrated · Oct 20, 2025

Forde: College Football Playoff Projected Bracket After Week 8

The Big Ten and SEC are comfortably at the top of the CFP pecking order currently, with it getting murky in spots five through 12.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 19, 2025

College Football Week 8 Takeaways: Vanderbilt Could Make the College Football Playoff

It's been quite the turnaround for Clark Lea in Nashville.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 18, 2025

College Football Playoff Bracket Week 8 Live Projections: Unbeatens Fall Causing Chaos

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

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