The smallest of the Power Five conferences, and the only one that does not currently hold a championship game, managed to crown a solo champ in 2015 and earned a spot in the College Football Playoff quartet as a result. There the Sooners were steamrolled 37-17 by Clemson, and the Big 12 is just 1-3 in New Year's Six games since the...
#10 North Carolina v. #17 Baylor
Orlando Citrus Bowl -- Orlando, FL
December 29, 2015 -- 5:30 pm Eastern (ESPN)
Why You Should Watch
You don't even have to wait until New Year's Eve to watch two top-25 teams battle against one another in a bowl game thanks to the pairing in this year's Russell...
When the fourth quarter began, Baylor was up 41-21 and seemed to have finally won the school's first Cotton Bowl in its third appearance in the game. They had extended their lead to 20 points thanks to backup offensive guard LaQuan McGowan, who had checked in on the edge of the line as an eligible receiver. When...
#8 Michigan State v. #5 Baylor
AT&T Stadium -- Arlington, TX
January 1, 2015 -- 12:30 pm Eastern (ESPN)
Why You Should Watch
Like the Peach Bowl, this game hovered just outside the BCS hierarchy and has only joined the ranks of the elite bowls. The Cotton Bowl (which hasn't been...
Sunday was the fateful day for a handful of college football programs that displayed just how good they are to the nation throughout the course of this season. With three of the top four teams (Alabama, Oregon, and Florida State) having all but a lock for a playoff spot in the inaugural College Football Playoff, the conversation gets...
Championship weekend provided plenty of opportunities for the half-dozen hopefuls for the four bids into the inaugural College Football Playoff at the FBS level. Oregon atoned for its only loss of the season, trouncing Arizona in the rematch at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara 51-13 to capture its first Pac-12 championship since 2011....
The Big Ten and Big 12 have more teams in the top 10 of this week's FBS Top 128 Power Rankings. The Pac-12 has the highest-rated team, and even Marshall is ahead of the highest-rated SEC school -- and that's despite the Herd suffering their first loss of the season on Friday. It is hardly in a position of weakness, but the league...
One team has been conspicuously absent from the leaders in the FBS Top 128 Power Rankings this season. The Oregon Ducks have become synonymous with high-flying offense over the past half-dozen years, consistently knocking off opponents by 10, 20, even 30 points per game. Yet in 2014 the Ducks have been mired in the second tier of...
Nebraska entered the weekend as the team best positioned to knock off Ohio State for the Big Ten championship. By the end of Saturday afternoon, the Cornhuskers had been exposed as pretenders to the throne.
Wisconsin spotted the visitors a two-touchdown lead after Nebraska scored less than a minute into the second quarter to go...
The SEC has slipped back a bit in the FBS Top 128 Rankings as teams in the West continue to beat up on one another. Alabama's overtime survival in Death Valley led to a two-spot drop; Ole Miss' shutout of FCS Presbyterian wasn't enough to keep it from being surpassed by a couple of teams; and Auburn's defeat yielded similar results....
