As the 2025 recruiting cycle ends and the 12-team CFP era rolls on, here is a look at four teams that have improved their chances of securing a playoff spot, and, maybe winning it all, as long as their transfers contribute as expected and they get production from some youth in their current class of recruits.

The Big 12 released its 2025 football schedule Tuesday, setting the stage for another season of back-and-forth battles in a conference that delivered thrills on a weekly basis in 2024. When Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark banged the podium to proclaim his conference the most competitive in the country at media days last July,

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 first 12-team Playoff had a lot of great moments. It could also use some tweaks. In the short term, leaders are unlikely to make major changes to the format for the 2025 season. The bigger stuff is more likely to come in 2026, when the new contracts kick in and the SEC and Big Ten basically get to do whatever they want.

Franklin was named one of the most likely coaches to win his first national championship next season in a recent story by CBS Sports. That part should not come as a surprise given what just transpired last season,

The 2024 college football season featured dozens of highly entertaining games. But the Arizona State vs. Texas matchup in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals arguably topped them all. The game featured everything.

Notre Dame is fresh off an impressive run to the College Football Playoff National Championship, taking full advantage of the first year of the 12-team format while marching to Atlanta as the No. 7 seed.

Andy Staples of On3 believes that Notre Dame football will make the CFP Championship game again in 2025, but with the same result as in 2024.

Who will take home college football's national championship next season? The Ohio State Buckeyes are two weeks removed from winning the College Football Playoff national championship. Ryan Day's team won the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff.