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Players, fans and local coaches have mixed reaction to the NCAA’s new formula for the way we watch playoff football.

In the current format, the College Football Playoff committee guarantees the top four conference champions the top four seeds in the playoff. The effect that has is that Texas, who is ranked No. 3 in ...

The new 12-team College Football Playoff ... to experience winter conditions. The playoffs began on Dec. 20, and college football's postseason looks different with new energies created by the ...

Closer to Saturday night's Heisman presentation, he said the "sweet spot" for the CFP wouldn't be the 12 teams ... CFP were a 24-team bracket, here's how the playoff could look.

With the first 12-team ... first playoff matchups. Some may not say that they deserve it, but that is a discussion for another day. The more I looked at this proposed format, the more I like ...

It was cold. The scores were largely lopsided. And the outcomes, if we're being completely honest, were foretold by the Las ...

Yes, the games were bad and the format needs work, but the 12-team tournament is a major improvement over its predecessors.

The NFL playoff bracket is set by teams in each conference being seeded No. 1 through No. 7. The four division winners in each conference are ranked No. 1 to No. 4 by regular-season record followed by ...

Penn State's blowout victory over SMU in the College Football Playoff first round served as a reminder why James Franklin is ...