Tag: CFP
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Texas Tech Football’s CFP Playoff Prospects: A Scenario Analysis
Dec. 6, 2025, 11:15 a.m. CT ARLINGTON — For many Texas Tech football fans, the next best thing to playing a high-stakes game in Lubbock is playing a high-stakes game in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. To play twice in a month’s time at AT&T Stadium and do so with a first-round bye in the College Football…
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Assessing Miami Hurricanes’ CFP Prospects: Key Reasons for and Against
Dec. 7, 2025, 6:03 a.m. ET We’ve arrived at judgment day for Miami football. Will the Hurricanes make the College Football Playoff, or be one of the last ones out for the second year in a row? Throughout the past couple weeks, it has seemed more and more likely that Miami is headed for another…
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DeBoer: Alabama Should Make CFP Despite Loss to Georgia
Dave WilsonDec 6, 2025, 09:51 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is a college football reporter. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. ATLANTA, Ga. — Despite a 28-7 loss to No. 3 Georgia in the SEC championship game Saturday, Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer said the No. 9…
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Indiana Tops AP Top 25 as CFP Reveal Approaches; Ohio State Climbs to No. 3
Indiana is the No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the first time after going through the regular season and Big Ten championship game 13-0, ending Ohio State‘s 14-week run atop the rankings. The Hoosiers’ 13-10 win over the Buckeyes in Indianapolis on Saturday night made them the unanimous…
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Key Matches That Define Oklahoma Football’s Future: CFP 2025
Updated Dec. 4, 2025, 11:33 a.m. CT OU appears to be a lock for the College Football Playoff. But with the Sooners off this weekend as conferences hold their championship games, there are questions remaining: Who will the Sooners play? Where will they play? Etc. The outcomes of games this weekend will go a long…
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Duke Secures ACC Title: Manny Diaz Advocates for CFP Inclusion
Dec. 7, 2025, 12:32 a.m. ET Duke has won the ACC championship and thrown the College Football Playoff picture into chaos. Its coach believes the Blue Devils should be in the bracket. By beating Virginia on Saturday, Dec. 6, Duke has opened up the final automatic bid. Typically, it would make sense for the ACC…
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JMU Football’s Path to the CFP After Sun Belt Championship Victory
Dec. 5, 2025Updated Dec. 6, 2025, 6:34 p.m. ET Could there be two Group of Five programs in the College Football Playoff this year? At the start of the season, it seemed a crazy thought: But it’s also one close to playing out with the CFP field now at 12 teams and No. 19 James…
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Marcus Freeman Advocates for Notre Dame’s CFP Chances Amid Love Injury Update
Marcus Freeman issued a message to the College Football Playoff Selection Committee following his team’s 49-20 win at Stanford. Notre Dame has 10 straight wins since an 0-2 start, and he wants the Fighting Irish discussed among the nation’s best. Ranked No. 9 entering rivalry weekend, Notre Dame’s in line to be the second-to-last at-large selection…
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Playoff Prospect Showdown: Notre Dame vs. Miami CFP Rankings Analysis
Dec. 5, 2025Updated Dec. 6, 2025, 2:55 p.m. ET Miami and Notre Dame are both 10-2. Miami beat Notre Dame head-to-head on Aug. 31. So why have the Fighting Irish consistently been above the Hurricanes in the College Football Playoff rankings? Good question. One we haven’t really gotten a good answer from the CFP committee…
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LJ Martin’s Critical Choice: Paving the Way for No. 11 BYU’s CFP Aspirations
PROVO — Before Saturday’s regular-season finale, LJ Martin took a short pregame jog with 21 of his BYU teammates. For 18 of them, it would be the final time — barring an as-yet unexpected College Football Playoff home game — they would run out of the tunnel, and seniors like Chase Roberts, Tanner Wall, Logan…