CLEMSON – Big news regarding the College Football Playoff’s possible new format came out Tuesday. Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark addressed the media prior to the start of the Big 12 Media Days and said he is doubling down on the 5-11 format, which is calling for a 16-team playoff that will have five automatic […]
Last year, Clemson made its first College Football Playoff appearance since the 2020 season. Now, heading into the 2025 campaign, the Tigers are looking to make the 12-team playoff once again and make a run at their first national championship since 2018. This will mark the second year of the 12-team playoff, but the format […]
Big news came Thursday regarding the College Football Playoff. The 12-team College Football Playoff is moving to straight seeding this season. The teams ranked No. 1 through No. 12 will be seeded directly on the rankings. Of course, under the previous 12-team playoff format that began last fall, the four highest-ranked conference champions were seeded […]
IRVING, Texas – The College Football Playoff (CFP) Management Committee has appointed Troy Dannen, athletics director at the University of Nebraska, and Jeff Long, long-time college administrator and former athletics director at the University of Kansas, University of Arkansas and the University of Pittsburgh, to the CFP Selection Committee, it was announced Monday by Rich Clark, executive director […]
A recent article by ESPN’s Heather Dinich highlighted various players who decided to return to college, and as a result, bolstered their respective teams’ College Football Playoff chances. Dinich, ESPN’s lead College Football Playoff insider, named Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnik among 12 CFP impact players who stuck around. Dinich ranked Klubnik at No. 3 on […]
On an episode of his Always College Football show, ESPN analyst Greg McElroy broke down the different types of pressure that various head coaches are facing heading into the 2025 season. McElroy put Clemson’s Dabo Swinney among the group of coaches under one particular category of pressure – “College Football Playoff or bust” pressure. “Now, […]
After missing the College Football Playoff three straight years from 2021-23, Clemson made the inaugural 12-team CFP last season, and the Tigers are hoping to get back there again in 2025. But what is the biggest hurdle that Clemson must clear as a contender for the 12-team playoff? Heather Dinich, ESPN’s lead College Football Playoff […]
IRVING, Texas – The College Football Playoff (CFP) Management Committee has appointed Baylor University Athletics Director Mack Rhoades as selection committee chair for the 2025 football season, announced today by Rich Clark, executive director of the CFP. Rhoades replaces Warde Manuel, the athletics director at the University of Michigan, who served as chair last season. Clark also announced that […]
ESPN analyst Greg McElroy is certainly high on Clemson heading into next season. On his Always College Football show, McElroy laid out his expectations for Clemson on both sides of the ball and gave an optimistic “way-too-early outlook” for the Tigers in 2025. McElroy called Clemson “one of my favorite teams of the offseason with […]
CBS Sports took a look at the whole 2025 college football schedule and picked one game from each week that will play a role in the College Football Playoff race. Clemson’s matchup against SMU at Death Valley on Saturday, Oct. 18, was pegged as Week 8’s most important game in shaping the 12-team playoff race. […]