In or out? A verdict on which of the College Football Playoff qualifiers will be back in the bracket next season.

In Connelly's CFP projection, Louisville locks up the No. 4 seed in the playoff, and get their CFP run started in the Orange Bowl. Unfortunately, it's also their lone game in the projection after getting matched up with fifth-seeded Alabama.

And there you have it. The Ohio State Buckeyes have won their second College Football Playoff National Championship, their first since winning the inaugural one

The first 12-team College Football Playoff finished on Monday night with Ohio State beating Notre Dame 34-23 in Atlanta, Ga. The new 12-team playoff was a massive success, although the expanded field allows for more mulligans for every team and perhaps reduces the importance of some games.

The College Football Playoff committee announced that the 2027 College Football National Championship Game will be played in Las Vegas, Nevada, the former home

The difference between these predictions and the top-25 ranking is that the bracket predictions more heavily weigh the future games to be played on the field, predicting the outcome. That said, let's take a look at the first bracket projection for the 2025 season.

The best game of the 2024 college football season is a historic upset that sent shockwaves throughout the sport, according to ESPN's rankings. Bill Connelly, the founder of the SP+ computer model, ranked the top 100 games of the season following Ohio State 's march to a national championship in the first 12-team College Football Playoff.

It's never too early to look ahead to the 2025 college football season, especially since Ohio State's victory against Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff National Championship officially brought the 2024 campaign to an end this past week.

The college football season just finished up its longest year ever, and the Ohio State football team decided to mess around and win the new 12-team College Football Playoff by beating Notre Dame

Ohio State took down Notre Dame to win the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff and claim the school’s first national championship since 2014, but now it’s time to get an early look ahead to the 2025 college football season and what teams are in contention right now.

The first year of the 12-team format for the College Football Playoff was a major success. Some games in the first round were blowout but the games got better the longer that the tournament went on. The format resulted in eighth-seeded Ohio State winning four games and winning its first national