Ohio State wins 1st 12-team College Football Playoff

First 12-team College Football Playoff delivered massive success, but flawed seeding model must be addressed
The expanded CFP expanded the national spotlight to more programs than ever before, but one glaring flaw remains
Year 1 of the 12-team College Football Playoff is coming to a close. Was the expansion a success?
The CFP will never likely surpass the NFL in the attention economy, but the march through the first 12-team Playoff has been a positive one.
Ohio State wins first 12-team College Football Playoff
After a devastating loss to Michigan in November, Ohio State recovered to win four in a row to win an expanded College Football Playoff. ()
Lessons from inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff: Format is flawed, home environments provide boost
The Ohio State football program captured history with claiming the first-ever College Football Playoff National Championship when the four-team model made its debut in the 2014 season. A decade later,
The first 12-team College Football Playoff was a success
When Ohio State beat Notre Dame 34-23, the College Football Playoff wrapped up its biggest postseason ever, and despite the high amount of blowouts, the 12-team playoff was a success. A season ago, seven teams were vying for a spot in the playoff during conference championship week.
After All That, the Richest School Wins the College Football Playoff
One of the enduring storylines of the 2024-25 college football season was newfound parity across the sport. On Monday night, the nation’s richest public athletic department won the sport’s biggest prize.
In first 12-team College Football Playoff, what did we learn?
The best college football team in the country won a championship Monday night. If we still had a four-school bracket, we would have thought so, too. We just would have been wrong. Under the old rules,
4 takeaways from the first year of the expanded College Football Playoff
Ohio State came out on top in the national championship on Monday, outlasting a late Notre Dame comeback push to win 34-23.
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Ohio State's Will Howard breaks College Football Playoff record, eclipses 1,000 yards passing for postseason
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