The CFP selection committee nearly excluded the ACC from the College Football Playoff. Now, the one ACC program that advanced to the CFP is in the National Championship.

The Big Ten and ACC have cemented themselves as the top conferences of the 2025-2026 bowl season. Each has the opportunity to take home the title, with the Big Ten guaranteed a spot in the championship game on Monday, Jan. 19.

Miami reached the College Football Playoff despite missing the ACC Championship. Here’s how the Hurricanes earned a playoff berth.

The Indiana Hoosiers are the overwhelming favorite but it's not hard to envision the Miami Hurricanes lifting the trophy on their home turf.

This is the football product the ACC coveted when it welcomed Miami into the conference in 2004, fresh off a four-season bender in which the Hurricanes went 46-4, claimed the 2001 national championship and were a dubious pass-interference penalty away from a sequel in ’02.

No SEC team has participated in a national title game since Georgia won its second straight national title in 2022

The indecision surrounding the CFP's future format is having a trickle-down effect on the bowl system. The larger the playoff field, the fewer name-brand bowl-eligible teams will be available for the non-CFP bowls. There will be more conversations this offseason about how many bowls there should be.

Typically if you follow the paper trail, you’ll see which college football teams are the most successful, but when it comes to the College Football Playoff, tha

According to ESPN's Max Olson, Missouri redshirt junior quarterback transfer Beau Pribula will spend his final season of eligibility in the ACC at Virginia. The Cavaliers were thrust into the market for a new arm following the NCAA denying Chandler Morris a seventh year, also hosting DJ Lagway before landing Pribula.

The learning curve for true freshmen in college football seems to have vanished. In 2025, we witnessed an incredible crop of first-year players who not only contributed but also carried their programs through the gauntlet of a 12-team playoff race.