How each of the 12 College Football Playoff teams could win the national title
Bill Connelly breaks down the path to victory for every team -- and what will hold each of them back.

College Football Playoff predictions: We pick every game in every round
Our college football writers predict the outcomes of each CFP matchup and choose their champion.

Tide, Canes in, Irish out as Indiana tops CFP field
Indiana earned the No. 1 seed in the 12-team College Football Playoff field, while Alabama and Miami nudged out Notre Dame for the final at-large spot.

Indiana gets first-ever No. 1 ranking in AP Top 25
Indiana (13-0) is the No. 1 team for the first time after winning the Big Ten championship game, ending Ohio State's 14-week run atop the AP Top 25 college football poll.

Sources: Fired Pry hired back by Va. Tech as DC
Brent Pry is back at Virginia Tech as the team's new defensive coordinator, just months after being fired as the program's head coach, sources confirmed to ESPN. Pry had previously worked for years under new Hokies coach James Franklin.

Iowa St., K-State skip bowls, owe Big 12 $500K
Iowa State and Kansas State have each been fined $500,000 by the Big 12 for choosing to turn down bowl invitations. Both programs made their decisions after coaching changes last week.

Hoosiers bask in Big Ten title, CFP's No. 1 seed
Indiana capped off a memorable, magical Big Ten season by outlasting Ohio State 13-10 in the conference championship game to remain undefeated on the eve of the College Football Playoff's final rankings.

Loss to IU won't 'sit well' as OSU turns to CFP
For the second time in as many years, Ohio State, the defending national champion, will enter the College Football Playoff coming off a 13-10 defeat, this time to Indiana in the Big Ten title game for the Buckeyes' first loss of the season.

Smart, Bulldogs finally tame Tide, win SEC title
Gunner Stockton threw three touchdown passes as Georgia likely secured a first-round bye in the College Football Playoff and beat Alabama in the SEC championship game for the first time, pounding the Crimson Tide 28-7 on Saturday in Atlanta.

TTU pays off spending spree with first Big 12 title
Texas Tech won the Big 12 championship game, and almost certainly locked up a first-round bye in the College Football Playoff, with a resounding victory over BYU.

🏈 Grading coaching hires: Campbell to Penn St.
As the coaching carousel continues to spin, we grade every major hire.

NFL draft risers, questions and notes: Which prospects stood out in the conference title games?
We have NFL draft notes for every week of the college football season, including why Sonny Styles and Zachariah Branch stood out in Championship Week.

J-Rod's journey: From sleeping on floors and taking out loans to Heisman contention
The Texas Tech linebacker has been one of college football's brightest stars this season.

Why Ole Miss finally had enough of Lane Kiffin
How the long courtship of the Rebels coach finally came to a head, amid secret meetings and middle fingers.