Why Ohio State's four consecutive wins against top-eight teams without a first-round bye cemented Ryan Day's legacy and created college football's greatest championship run.

The College Football Playoff's power players are locked in a showdown on the future format of the postseason tournament, and High Noon is fast approaching. The CFP's executives have conducted several meetings over the last several months to attempt to finalize the format for the 2026 postseason and beyond.

Well, On3’s Andy Staples took a stab at what he predicts what it will look like for this coming season, and has the Irish as the No. 3 seed taking on Alabama in the quarterfinals. This means that he believes that Notre Dame will earn one of the four byes this fall, which is significantly different than what we saw this past year.

Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer would love to know more about why his Crimson Tide didn't make the College Football Playoff last season.

There was a time in college football where even one loss would sink a team's national championship hopes, but that is no longer the case with an expanded College Football Playoff and more difficult superconferences.

The College Football Playoff has approved immediate changes to its format for the 12-team model ahead of the 2025 season, and in doing so created a better tournament for the fall while also setting a standard for the ongoing negotiations around 2026 and beyond.