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ESPN's 2025 College Football Playoff Projection Is Turning Heads
Alabama came up short in head coach Kalen DeBoer's inaugural season by missing the first season of the 12-team college football playoff. With selection Sunday for year two of the 12-team playoff over 11 months away, ESPN announced its projections with the Crimson Tide slotting as the No. 5 seed.
ESPN releases first projections for the 2025 College Football Playoff
The first year of the 12-team college football playoffs was a massive success, with the Ohio State Buckeyes beating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the championship game. The 2024 season didn’t have quite the same success for the Alabama Crimson Tide,
What a 14-team College Football Playoff would have looked like in 2024, assuming new proposals take effect
Ohio State reigned supreme in the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff, defeating Tennessee, Oregon, Texas and Notre Dame on its road to glory. Like most things in college sports right now,
Five teams that could crash College Football Playoff party in 2025 include LSU, Alabama
Here are five teams that didn’t make the College Football Playoff this season that should be strong contenders for qualification next season.
2020 Alabama Crimson Tide named greatest College Football Playoff era team of all-time
USA TODAY is the most recent national outlet to rank the 2020 Crimson Tide as the greatest of the playoff era, joining ESPN.
South Carolina Gamecocks Snubbed in 2025 College Football Playoff Predictions
The South Carolina Gamecocks were not included in the latest 2025 college football playoff predictions. While the 2024 college football season just recently en
Way-too-early College Football Playoff bracket predictions for the 2025-26 season
The difference between these predictions and the top-25 ranking is that the bracket predictions more heavily weigh the future games to be played on the field, predicting the outcome. That said, let's take a look at the first bracket projection for the 2025 season.
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.
1 Word for Every College Football Top 25 Team's 2025 Offseason
The offseason has arrived in college football, and every program is chasing a handful of priorities to prepare for the 2025 campaign. For some, the
5 changes the College Football Playoff needs to make to be even better in 2025-26
With the first 12-team College Football Playoff firmly in the rearview mirror, here are five minor to potentially major changes the postseason tournament needs to adopt sooner rather than later. Maybe in due time,
Paul Finebaum Names Major Program He Doesn't See Winning the College Football Playoff in 2025
Alabama experienced a mixed season in 2024. The Crimson Tide recorded a 3-1 record against ranked opponents during the season ...
Alabama and Georgia lost the upper hand in college football last season. Is NIL to blame?
Other programs, desperate to get back to prominence, have chipped away at Alabama and Georgia’s talent advantage. How will they respond?
Alabama fan interrupts C-SPAN's Trump inauguration coverage with complaint about College Football Playoff
An Alabama Crimson Tide fan fired off a scorching hot take during C-SPAN's coverage of President Donald Trump's inauguration ...
FSU’s 2025 football schedule features Alabama, but no Belichick
FSU will play twice on Friday night, Sept. 26 at Virginia for its ACC opener, and Nov. 21 at North Carolina State. Miami ...