While the automatic bids were out of the CFP committee's hands, they likely deserve credit for getting it mostly right with the rest of the field. No. 1 Oregon (Big Ten) was soundly beaten 41-21 ...

Under the new setup, the five highest-ranked conference champions earn automatic bids to the playoffs, with the top four of those teams receiving first-round byes. The rest of the non-bye teams are ...

Related-ish: The NCAA finally approved women’s college basketball tournament “units,” or payouts to conferences based on their participation and performance in March Madness. But the disparity between ...

The 12-team format needs tweaks but succeeding in its primary mission of creating more access on multiple levels.

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. No. 8 Ohio State had perhaps the toughest road to the finals in the CFP, having to defeat No. 9 Tennessee and No. 1 Oregon. Now the ...

And whichever team emerges victorious at Mercedes-Benz Stadium will go down as the first-ever champion of the expanded CFP. Ohio State already owns the distinction of being the first-ever CFP ...

The good news is that they get to figure that out while preparing for their second straight CFP semifinal. Texas (13-2) will play eighth-seeded Ohio State (12-2), which dispatched top-seeded ...

The Buckeyes open as an early -6.5 betting favorite for next Friday's CFP Cotton Bowl semifinals against No. 5 Texas on BetMGM. Odds courtesy of BetMGM as of Wednesday, Jan. 1 Using BetMGM's odds ...

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Notre Dame is listed as a 14/5 underdog (+280). How does the playoff work? A 13-member CFP selection committee spent six weeks evaluating the teams and then set the bracket on Dec. 8. The five ...

Notre Dame left tackle Anthonie Knapp (top) suffered an ankle injury that will force him to miss the national title game while guard Rocco Spindler (bottom) is expected to play. Notre Dame left ...

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