Ohio State's Jeremiah Smith and Notre Dame's Jeremiyah Love both moved up our list after impressive first-round performances

Despite its No. 5 seed, Texas has the best chance to win the College Football Playoff National Championship, according to bookmakers. Following its 38-24 defeat of the Atlantic Coast Conference Champion Clemson,

Updated Dec. 26, 2024, 8:05 a.m. ET We've never seen a college football postseason like this one before. We have a new 12-team College Football Playoff that inc

The first round of the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff is over, and boy, howdy, were those games underwhelming. They were so bad -- HOW BAD WERE THEY? -- they were so bad that it led to every talking head in the college football universe complaining and arguing about the format with some even saying wins aren't that important.

The TV ratings proved views were interested. Each of the four games averaged 10.6 million viewers. That’s more than the four the non-CFP New Year’s bowls after the 2023 season averaged (8.14 million), and also topped the average for this year’s four major conference championship games (10 million).

Here's a complete schedule of the College Football Playoff, including kickoff times and TV channel information.

The Peach Bowl is unfamiliar territory for both teams. Only Arizona State has ever played in the Atlanta-based bowl; that was back in 1970 when Frank Kush’s Sun Devils out of the WAC completed an unbeaten season 11-0 with a 48-26 victory against North Carolina at Georgia Tech’s Bobby Dodd Stadium.

Penn State made a decisive early move against SMU last week, leaving its offense on the field for a pivotal 4th-and-1 attempt from its own 19-yard line. The conversion fell short, primarily because of a misplayed snap, and the Mustangs took over down 14-0 in prime position to reframe the game.

CFP Quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Prudential Rose Bowl (Pasadena, California) 5 p.m., ESPN CFP Quarterfinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Caesars Superdome (New Orleans) 8:45 p.m., ESPN CFP Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida) 7:30 p.m., ESPN

Christmas offers three college football bowl games as you recover from opening presents. A look at the three matchups.