It's never too early to look ahead to next season's College Football Playoff despite the Ohio State Buckeyes capturing the National Championship just weeks ago.

Week 1 of the 2025 college football season features a loaded slate, including LSU at Clemson, Notre Dame at Miami and Alabama at Florida State, among others. LSU-Clemson could be a top-five matchup, as could the biggest headliner: Manning and Texas visiting Ohio State in a matchup of the 2024 national champion and our early 2025 favorite.

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,

The South Carolina Gamecocks were not included in the latest 2025 college football playoff predictions. While the 2024 college football season just recently en

We ranked the top defenses for the 2024 season based on how many times an opponent's drive ended without points.

The 11 College Football Playoff games averaged 15.6 million viewers according to Nielsen, as audiences increased during each round.

Here's the complete schedule for the College Football Playoff for the 2025-26 season, including game dates, how to watch and teams. This is the second year of the 12-team playoff.

From near fights to CFP classics, the 2024 season was the longest ever, but still delivered. Bill Connelly counts down the best games of the season.

A surprising team wins the ACC championship and secures a top-four seed in the College Football Playoff, according to ESPN's 2025 projections from Bill Connelly. The conference race was tight at the end of the regular season in 2024, with Syracuse's upset win over Miami propelling Clemson into the ACC title game against SMU.