12. Clemson Tigers10-3 (7-1 Atlantic Coast Conference regular season)What’s next: First-round at No. 5 seed Texas, Dec. 21Head coach: Dabo Swinney (17th season, 180-46 overall)About Swinne… MORE
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12. Clemson Tigers10-3 (7-1 Atlantic Coast Conference regular season)What’s next: First-round at No. 5 seed Texas, Dec. 21Head coach: Dabo Swinney (17th season, 180-46 overall)About Swinne… MORE
Getting whipped by a downtrodden Oklahoma squad came back to haunt Alabama. So did a historic loss to Vanderbilt.That’s because the Crimson Tide (9-3) were passed over for the inaugural 12-team Col… MORE
7. Notre Dame11-1What’s next: vs. No. 10 Indiana, Dec. 20, 8 p.m. ETHead coach: Marcus Freeman (third season, 30-9 overall)About Freeman: An All-Big Ten linebacker at Ohio State, Freeman w… MORE
When this college football season began, who envisioned the first 12-team College Football Playoff featuring byes to Boise State and Arizona State while waving bye-bye to 18-time national champion Ala… MORE
6. Penn State Nittany Lions11-2 (8-1 Big Ten regular season)What’s next: vs. No. 11 SMU at State College, Pa., Dec. 21, noon ETHead coach: James Franklin (11th season, 99-41 overall at Penn S… MORE
Oregon is the No. 1 seed in the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff, as expected, followed by Georgia, Boise State and Arizona State.The CFP selection committee unveiled the field of 12, wi… MORE
5. Texas Longhorns11-2 (7-1 SEC regular season)What’s next: vs. No. 12 Clemson, Austin, Texas, Dec. 21, 4 p.m. ETHead coach: Steve Sarkisian (fourth season, 36-16 at Texas)About Sarkisian:… MORE
Oregon and Georgia, which won their conference championships on Saturday, finished 1-2 in the final Associated Press Top 25 poll of the regular season.The poll was released just hours before the Co… MORE
Purdue is close to hiring UNLV head coach Barry Odom to the same position, Yahoo Sports reported on Sunday morning.Odom has posted a 19-8 record in two seasons with the Rebels. He has guided the te… MORE
Indiana Hoosiers11-1 (8-1 Big Ten regular season)What’s Next: at No. 7 Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind., Dec. 20, 8 p.m. ETHead coach: Curt Cignetti (130-36 overall, 14th season; 11-1 at Indiana,… MORE