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.
College football teams with the most national championships
Michigan famously holds the record for the most wins in college football history, so it naturally follows that the Wolverines have a few titles to their name. They have two in the poll era (since 1936) and one in the College Football Playoff era, for the 2023 season.
College football national champions by year from 1869 to today
Choosing a national champion in college football hasn't always been easy. Let's look at the definitive list of every title winner since the 1869.
FBS all-time winningest college football programs: Ohio State adds to total in CFP National Championship
Notre Dame, with 962 wins, is fourth all-time. The Fighting Irish passed Texas in the CFP semifinals when they beat Penn State and the Longhorns lost to Ohio State. Overall, the inaugural 12-team playoff featured five of the 10 winningest programs in college football history.
Way-too-early college football top 25 rankings for the 2025-26 season
Vanderbilt gets a spot in the top 25 with quarterback Diego Pavia returning while the final top 25 spot goes to Navy. The Midshipmen return quarterback Blake Horvath and should be the favorite in the American and one of the non-ACC, Big 12, Big Ten or SEC playoff spots.
Ken Schreiber's 5 takeaways from the College Football Playoff championship
If someone tells you that games don't come down to one play, just show them this one, and Ohio State did what it needed to seal the win.
2024’s final college football 134, plus 2025’s early top 25
This is The Athletic’s college football newsletter. Sign up here to receive Until Saturday directly in your inbox. Today, we’ll officially close the 2024 season with a look at our final rankings. And then
College football championship ratings fall by 12 percent
Can there be too much football on TV? That's one potential explanation for the downward trend in NFL playoffs and the dip in the audience of the college football national championship. Via Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal,
When is February NCAA National Signing Day? What Alabama football fans should know
National Signing Day will be held Wednesday, Feb. 5. It marks the start of the winter signing period where football players ...
SEC, Big Ten ADs to meet before College Football Playoff talks: report
Athletic directors from the SEC and Big Ten will meet to discuss major issues in college football and other NCAA sports at a ...
What time, TV channel is Notre Dame vs Ohio State NCAA football championship game on tonight?
I​t all comes down to this. The No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish take on the No. 8 Ohio State Buckeyes in the inaugural​ ...
Ohio State leads the final college football NCAA Re-Rank 1-134 after national title
Ohio State finishes the college football season at the top of the NCAA Re-Rank 1-134. But where do the rest of the teams fall ...
The Florida Times-Union on MSN11h
Jacksonville-area players in Division II college football: See the complete 2024 list
See the complete list of players from Jacksonville-area high schools on NCAA Division II college football programs in the ...
ESPN2d
College football championship winners by year: NCAA list
Let's take a look at NCAA football champions throughout history. It's worth noting that before the CFP and BCS, a champion was determined by a selecting organization. Sometimes, multiple teams ...
Hosted on MSN2d
College Football Playoff Exposes NCAA's Amateurism Dilemma: Is Change Coming?
The College Football Playoff highlights the NCAA’s growing identity crisis as college athletes demand greater rights and ...
The Florida Times-Union on MSN10h
All-Division II team: See the Jacksonville area's top NCAA D-II football players in 2024
The Times-Union releases its annual All-Division II team for the Jacksonville area's top players in NCAA D-II college ...