SmartAsset analyzed the significance of the state-by-state figures on certificants, although some experts say geographic ...

Had byes been distributed only according to the final CFP rankings, Oregon (Big Ten), Georgia (SEC), Texas (SEC) and Penn State (Big Ten) would have been the committee's picks. Sporting fairness ...

That means the seeding will not always be the same as the final rankings done by the CFP selection committee. That was probably the most controversial and confusing aspect of the expanded playoff, and ...

Under the current CFP rules, the top four seeds are reserved ... ninth and 12th respectively in the selection committee's final rankings. Dinich reported last week that SEC commissioner Greg ...

Had the seedings matched the rankings, Texas and Penn State would ... Nevarez and the other six FBS conference commissioners, who make up the CFP management committee along with Notre Dame ...

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More bites at the apple gives more college football programs more opportunities to show the world at large what they got. One of the biggest advantages to College Football Playoff expansion has to ...

The two commissioners agreed that the CFP Rankings, not conference championships, should determine automatic first-round byes. That conundrum came into play in the first year of the 12-team CFP ...

Will the SEC and Big Ten be looking to drastically alter the landscape? Josh is also looking at the top program rankings in the Big Ten. Does Ryan Day have Ohio State on top after a national title ...

Notre Dame, by the way, has finished outside the top 14 of the final CFP Rankings five times (2014, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023) since they were introduced in 2014. Other details need to be ironed ...

Arizona State was the Big 12 champ, a team slotted 12th in the final CFP ranking. The two-loss Sun Devils gave Texas all it could handle in the Peach Bowl quarterfinal but fell, 39-31. The ACC and ...

That means the seeding will not always be the same as the final rankings done by the CFP selection committee. That was probably the most controversial and confusing aspect of the expanded playoff ...