Heather Dinich

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey and Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti said they agreed the way teams are seeded in the 12-team College Football Playoff should change.

Ohio State football quality control coach Joe Lyberger has been on paid administrative leave since December while the school's Office of Institutional Equity conducts an investigation. OSU has declined to comment.

Las Vegas will host the College Football Playoff national championship game at Allegiant Stadium on Jan. 25, 2027.

Following a 34-23 loss to Ohio State in Monday's College Football Playoff title game, Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman told reporters, "We can't make mistakes. It falls on my shoulders. And as the head coach, we have to be better prepared for this moment."

While no major decisions were made regarding the 12-team College Football Playoff format at a meeting Sunday, "tweaks" for 2025 haven't been ruled out.

Seeding, other bowls and conference title games among the topics when power brokers meet this weekend.

The College Football Playoff will not flip the dates and times of the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic and the Capital One Orange Bowl after SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said he asked about the possibility of changing them.

Penn State players kept Boise State star Ashton Jeanty in check and resolved to make sure he didn't break the NCAA single-season rushing record against them.

Penn State coach James Franklin says with the new landscape of NIL and the transfer portal, college football needs a commissioner, and the man for that job is Nick Saban.

Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman, who is 30-9 over his three seasons with the Irish, has agreed to a long-term extension that will make him among the highest-paid coaches in the country, a university official confirmed to ESPN on Sunday.