After an impressive season capped by a run to the College Football Playoff semifinals, Penn State is now seen as a perennial CFP contender thanks to the expanded, 12-team field. The Nittany Lions still have a lot to play for after a disappointing end to the season that saw the program lose to Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl and …

The Ohio State Buckeyes are the 2024-25 college football national champions, finishing off a dominant run through the 12-team College Football Playoff bracket with a 34-23 win over Notre Dame in the title game. The Ohio State football roster was built thanks in large part to strategic NIL work that helped lure big names like Will Howard, Caleb Downs and …

ATLANTA — Tony Petitti descended a small flight of stairs from a temporary stage to the turf field inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium late Monday night with a smile on his face and flecks of championship confetti dotting his vest adorned with the Big Ten Conference logo. Not quite two years had passed since Petitti took the job as the Big Ten …

When the 12-team College Football Playoff format was revealed nearly four years ago, there were plenty of detractors. Could the FBS really produce more than four true national title contenders? Would it devalue the regular season? Can the sport deliver a consistently compelling postseason product? After an exciting super-sized season of college football, the answer is a resounding yes. Ohio …

Where will Michigan football be ranked heading into 2025 after a disappointing 2024 season? Well, early predictions are high on the Wolverines. A day after Ohio State beat Notre Dame in the 2024 national championship to become the first winner of the 12-team era, the Wolverines popped up in a flurry of far-too-early college football rankings for next season. Michigan …

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish came up just short of winning their first college football national championship since 1988 when they lost to Ohio State, 34-23, in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game. Outside of a shocking loss to Northern Illinois early in the regular season, the Irish were dominant, notching blowout wins in their other 11 regular season …

Ohio State football broke through, and then its fans broke in. The Buckeyes won college football’s national championship Monday and the celebration into the wee hours of the night included an impromptu Ohio Stadium field storming by a group of intrepid fans back in Columbus, Ohio. Students began flooding onto campus almost as soon as Ohio State’s 34-23 win over …

Ohio State mauled its way to its first national title since 2014, capping an impressive run through the postseason with a 34-23 win against Notre Dame in Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship. So it should come as no surprise that the dominant Buckeyes lead the way with 11 selections in the CBS Sports All-College Football Playoff team.  Six of …

The Arizona State Sun Devils closed the 2024 college football season as a Top 10 team in most end-of-season rankings and polls. Where will they be ranked to open the 2025 season? Many sites have released their way-too-early college football 2025 rankings, which offer a sneak peek at how the polls could turn out at the beginning of next season …

USATSI The 2024 college football season ended Monday with Ohio State outlasting Notre Dame to win the program’s first national title since the 2014 campaign. The Buckeyes jumped six spots from their final regular season ranking to finish as the No. 1 team for the first time since capturing the national title in the first year of the four-team CFP …

Jan 20, 2025; Atlanta, GA, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Will Howard (18) reacts after a play against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish during the second half the CFP National Championship college football game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Will Howard has been one of the many transfer portal success stories at quarterback in the modern …

Getty Images After finishing as the last team standing in the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff, Ohio State rightfully ended as the No. 1 team in the final AP Top 25 of the 2024 season after defeating Notre Dame in the CFP National Championship on Monday night. The last time the Buckeyes finished at the top of the polls was …

Ohio State football will finish No. 1 in both the AP Top 25 poll and US LBM Coaches Poll on Tuesday after its 34-23 win over Notre Dame in the national championship on Monday night. How did the rest of the top 25 shake out with the season over? Notre Dame, of course, will hold the No. 2 spot in …

The Ohio State football program captured history with claiming the first-ever College Football Playoff National Championship when the four-team model made its debut in the 2014 season. A decade later, the Buckeyes have emerged again as postseason pioneers with another title after defeating Notre Dame to cap the first season of the 12-team College Football Playoff.  Just like in 2014, …

© Sara Diggins/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images With Ohio State winning the national championship over Notre Dame on Monday night, it’s now time to focus on the 12-team playoff for next season. In today’s Tuesdays With Gorney, Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney takes his shot to seed the 12 teams that will fill the College Football …