The latest College Football Playoff projections are here from USA Today as they broke down the entire playoff and bowl projections. It should be noted they only ranked the top four seeds in the playoffs but noted the matchups in the first round from the other eight CFP teams, although we can note the seeds based on the second round …
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Bob Pockrass FOX Motorsports Insider The first round of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs is often considered one of not beating yourself. But taking a look at the standings entering the 2025 postseason, and it appears that just hoping something bad happens to four other drivers might not be the best strategy. Only 11 points separate seventh through 16th in …
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Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football, where Japanese kickers who learn the craft on YouTube are all the rage. Oh, you thought the College Football Playoff bids were contentious last year? Get ready for an escalated war of words this season. The posturing actually began last December, when the CFP selection committee had the unmitigated …
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Every contending team has star players, but they also have those special players who often fly under the radar yet are indispensable to a team’s success during a playoff run. These players have intangibles that aren’t always seen by the public, and with the focus mostly on stars, they often get overlooked, particularly outside their local market. It’s time to …
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The 2025 college football season officially kicks off with Saturday’s Big 12 Top 25 matchup between No. 22 Iowa State and No. 17 Kansas State from Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. So, with games returning this weekend, ESPN and SEC Network analyst Greg McElroy took a stab at projecting how the upcoming season will end in the 2025 College Football …
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The SEC finally going to nine conference games is great for the fans, for the sport and for ESPN’s ratings. It could also help stave off a potential disaster. It could be the thing that gets Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti to back off his harebrained College Football Playoff proposals. At Big Ten Media Days last month, one coach after …
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Texas is atop the preseason college football polls, and it’s also The Athletic staff’s favorite to win its first national championship since 2005. And yet: Few of the 28 writers and editors we surveyed believe Arch Manning will win the Heisman Trophy. So how will the 2025 college football season play out? We compiled our staff’s best guesses for the …
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In case you haven’t heard, the latest crackpot College Football Playoff expansion idea was presented to Big Ten athletic directors recently. It goes something like this (you’re forgiven if you lose track): Either 24 or 28 teams, with the Big Ten and SEC receiving six or seven automatic bids, the Big 12 and ACC receiving two fewer and four slots …
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