The first season of major conference expansion has produced an intriguing set of championship games this week, and not only because they will determine which teams get automatic bids and first-round ...

Don’t look now, but Penn State has as much right to think it can win the national championship as anybody. In a year without ...

Georgia and Penn State will drop past that if they lose their conference championships. I don't know if it is really possible for Ohio State to be as high as No. 6, but I am not ruling that out either ...

Michigan has now beaten Ohio State four years in a row, and the Buckeyes will not be going to Indianapolis for the Big Ten ...

By Eric Olson The Associated Press Now Notre Dame waits. The Fighting Irish will find out next Sunday if they’ll play at home in the first round of the College Football Playoff. They all but clinched ...

Elsewhere, ESPN has Notre Dame, Oregon, Texas, and Penn State with a >99 percent chance to make the CFP, and Georgia, Indiana ...

The stakes for the College Football Playoff rankings are significant for teams on the bubble. The five biggest questions for ...

The five highest-ranked conference champs will each receive an automatic bid to playoffs, while the top four will also ...

The College Football Playoff bracket won't be set until Sunday, but here's a look at Oregon's potential path to the national ...

Heading into Saturday’s game against No. 1 Oregon, the Nittany Lions have used 39 players on a defense that ranks 7th ...

After being seeded seventh last week and matched against 10th-seeded SMU, Notre Dame could move up to the No. 6 seed in the ...

Oregon can secure a top seed and a first-round bye in the expanded the 12-team playoffs with a win on Saturday. That would likely put the Ducks in the Rose Bowl for the quarterfinals. Even with a loss ...