The first round of the College Football Playoff is in the books. Eight teams remain in the hunt to win it all, with Miami and Ohio State kicking off the quarterfinals slate in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl on December 31.

Eight teams are left standing in the 2025 College Football Playoff field after Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Tulane and James Madison were sent packing in the first round of this year's 12-team battle for a national championship.

Last weekend's first round of the College Football Playoff averaged 9.9 million viewers on ABC, ESPN, TNT, TBS and truTV, according to ESPN and Nielson. That is a 7% drop from last year. A big reason for the drop was that the final game,

With one more year of eligibility left, Brown is expected to receive strong interest. He's ranked as the No. 1 wide receiver set to be available in the portal. He has already been linked to one team that was recently eliminated from the College Football Playoff.

The College Football Playoff quarterfinals will feature a matchup of multi-time national champions, a game pitting two programs searching for natty No. 1, an SEC rematch and the first meeting between Indiana and Alabama.

Let’s rank the eight remaining teams in the College Football Playoff by their national championship chances. Now the real fun begins. The field of 12 teams has been narrowed to eight after the four first-round games, the four top-ranked teams in the nation get to join in on the College Football Playoff fun next week.

Miami finished the regular season 11–2 and earned a berth in the expanded College Football Playoff, advancing with a 10–3 first-round win over No. 7 Texas A&M.

Matt Patricia is used to postseason runs from his days as the defensive coordinator of the New England Patriots. However, Patricia acknowledges that the preparation for the College Football Playoff is different than the NFL.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two Ohio State freshmen, Eli Lee and Brody Lennon, had their black stripes removed Tuesday as the Buckeyes prepare for the College Football Playoff.

The Chicago Bears' overtime win over the Green Bay Packers last weekend drew more than 21 million viewers on FOX.