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...
#15 Oregon v. #11 TCU
Alamodome -- San Antonio, TX
January 2, 2016 -- 6:45 pm Eastern (ESPN)
Why You Should Watch
Despite being one of the newer bowls on the docket, the Alamo Bowl is the fifth-highest paying bowl game outside of the New Year's Six contests. Immediately the game became a staple for...
The pinnacle of success for any football team is to win a national championship. But, for the 667 football teams that participate at the NCAA levels of the sport, there are just four national championships to go around.
For the rest of the hundreds of schools that don't go on to claim the ultimate prize in their...
The Horned Frogs came to Atlanta with a chip on their collective shoulders after their omission from the College Football Playoff field. They legitimized their grievance with a statement win over an SEC opponent at the Peach Bowl on New Year's Eve.
We won't know for sure until tomorrow, when the two national semifinals take place...
#9 Ole Miss v. #6 TCU
Georgia Dome -- Atlanta, GA
December 31, 2014 -- 12:30 pm Eastern (ESPN)
Why You Should Watch
After years of hovering just outside the elite tier of the bowl hierarchy during the BCS era, the Peach Bowl has graduated to New Year's Six status in the new College...
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....
For two weeks in September, Texas A&M led the country in adjusted margin of victory. The Aggies fell from the top once October rolled around, losing three consecutive games against Mississippi State, Ole Miss, and Alabama. That opened the door for the Rebels to leap to the top of the FBS Top 128 last week, only to fall back in...
Earlier this season we discussed whether an undefeated BYU team might be able to break into the College Football Playoff field. The Cougars, due largely to the broken leg suffered by otherworldly quarterback Taysom Hill, have plummeted down the rankings with three straight losses following a 4-0 start. But there is another mid-major...
The past couple of weeks have helped delineate the SEC West pecking order, as the two Mississippi schools have supplanted the two Alabama schools as the class of the division. What the past fortnight has not done, however, is create much separation in the adjusted margin of victory for each of these teams. As a result, the logjam of...
