The first College Football Playoff game ever played, Thursday’s Rose Bowl between the Oregon Ducks against the Florida State Seminoles, promised to be a classic featuring two Heisman Trophy winning quarterbacks. Instead, it was a one-sided romp that saw Oregon outscore Florida State 41-7 in the second half en route to a 39-point victory. Plenty […]
The field for the first-ever college football playoff was announced Sunday, and Alabama, Oregon, Florida State and Ohio State have made it — leaving out TCU and Baylor. A quick reflection on the teams the committee chose in a moment; first, let’s look forward to the playoff. Here’s how ESPN’s Football Power Index (FPI) assesses […]
The field for the first-ever college football playoff was announced Sunday, and Alabama, Oregon, Florida State and Ohio State have made it — leaving out TCU and Baylor. A quick reflection on the teams the committee chose in a moment; first, let’s look forward to the playoff. Here’s how ESPN’s Football Power Index (FPI) assesses […]
We ran the FiveThirtyEight college football playoff model in the early hours of Sunday, after Ohio State and Florida State won their conference championship games. It found there is some actual drama in how the teams might be ranked by the selection committee later Sunday. Ohio State’s 59-0 win over Wisconsin in the Big Ten […]
We ran the FiveThirtyEight college football playoff model in the early hours of Sunday, after Ohio State and Florida State won their conference championship games. It found there is some actual drama in how the teams might be ranked by the selection committee later Sunday. Ohio State’s 59-0 win over Wisconsin in the Big Ten […]
