SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Britain Covey returned a punt 78 yards for a touchdown on the final play of the first half, giving Utah 14 points in 27 seconds and a 28-0 lead, and the No. 23 Utes ended No. 3 Oregon’s College Football Playoff hopes with a 38-7 […]
No. 3 Oregon plays at No. 23 Utah in a potential preview of the Pac-12 Championship game. The showdown between division leaders also could have a huge impact on the College Football Playoff. The Ducks are No. 3 in the CFP rankings, behind Georgia and Alabama, one ahead of Ohio […]
Tuesday, the latest College Football Playoff rankings came out with BYU moving up to No. 13 in the overall rankings from No. 14 November 24. If the playoff were to start this week, the teams would be as follows: No. 1 Alabama (8-0) No. 2 Notre Dame (9-0) No. 3 […]
The current AP Top 25 features five unbeaten teams from outside the Power Five conferences: No. 7 Cincinnati, No. 8 BYU, No. 15 Coastal Carolina, co-No. 15 Marshall and No. 21 Liberty. This unusual season has created an opportunity for those teams to climb the rankings. But many of their […]
The Pac-12 becomes the last Power Five conference to play football next month. That has raised questions about whether a conference team could possible make the College Football Playoff. The Pac-12’s coaches believe there’s a chance, but many things would have to fall into place. A Pac-12 team would have […]
Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott says an expanded College Football Playoff would alleviate the pressure it puts on conferences that get left out. He also says there is no urgency to change the four-team format. There are discussions what the playoff might look like in the future. But Scott says he […]
Alabama is fifth in the latest College Football Playoff rankings, behind LSU, Ohio State, Clemson and Georgia, which took over the fourth spot in the selection committee’s second top 25. LSU replaced Ohio State as No. 1 after the Tigers won at Alabama on Saturday. The Buckeyes were bumped to […]
Ohio State, LSU, Alabama and Penn State are the top four in the College Football Playoff selection committee’s first rankings of the season. Next up were defending national champion Clemson and Georgia. The 13-member committee will produce four more sets of rankings each Tuesday before the only ones that really […]
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Pac-12 has no plans to change its football scheduling policies and philosophies, including playing nine conference games, to enhance the league’s chances to place a team in the four-team playoff. Commissioner Larry Scott said Wednesday conference coaches and administrators discussed during meetings this week whether […]
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Trevor Lawrence passed for 347 yards and three touchdowns and No. 2 Clemson rolled No. 1 Alabama 44-16 on Monday night in the College Football Playoff national championship game. In the fourth consecutive playoff meeting between the Tigers and Tide, Clemson evened the series and […]
