Paul Finebaum Reveals His College Football Playoff National Title Pick

The New Year's Six bowl games are upon us. This title was bestowed among six of the oldest and most prestigious bowl games in college... The New Year's Six bowl games are upon us. This title was bestowed among six of the oldest and most prestigious bowl games in college football, and are played in the days leading up to the new year as well as on…

The Alabama Crimson Tide have been involved in every No. 4 seed upset of the No. 1 team in the College Football Playoff. In the very first iteration of the CFP, Alabama was upset by Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl. In 2017-18, Nick Saban's team flipped the script and took down Clemson. Alabama is No. 4 again this year and hoping to repeat the…

The final College Football Playoff of the four-team era is rapidly approaching. The current format will give way to an expanded 12-team field in 2024, bringing an end to one of the most interesting eras in this sport's history. If there's one lesson to be learned from the last decade or so, it's that not all playoff fields are created…

With the College Football Playoff top-4 set, it's now time to make all of our New Year's Six bowl game predictions. With the regular season now concluded, we are now onto bowl season. Not including the national championship game, there will be 41 total bowl games played, starting on Dec. 16. The most coveted out of these games are the ones set for…

The college football regular season has come to an end. Week 13 wrapped up Saturday night, leaving only conference championship games before we head into another postseason. Although most teams are headed for bowl games, four programs will battle it out for national supremacy, vying for berths in the upcoming College Football Playoff. Three teams…

The top-10 teams in the College Football Playoff rankings escaped Week 12 without a single loss, as Washington beat No. 11 Oregon State to cement its spot in the Pac-12 Championship. While upsets were not a part of the weekend, the news could not be bigger for one of the undefeated teams challenging for a national title. Florida State quarterback…

For the past two seasons, Georgia has dominated college football, winning back-to-back national championships under Kirby Smart. It's been a foregone conclusion that the Bulldogs would be favored in all of their matchups in the past two years as Smart's brand of football dominated. And while Georgia is still Georgia - 9-0 and winners of 26 straight…

It has been a terrific 2023 college football season, but we are actually starting to near the end. There is still a ton of work to be done, but there are only about ten teams or so that actually have a chance to win the College Football Playoffs. While betting on the CFP winner is something that you want to do as early as possible, you can still…

Seven months ago, the Michigan Wolverines and the Ohio State Buckeyes were in position to battle one another for a national championship as both earned spots in the College Football Playoff. Following an undefeated regular season, which included a second consecutive win over Ohio State, Michigan went on to defeat Purdue in the Big Ten title game,…

The SEC football season begins Saturday with Vanderbilt hosting Hawaii in Week 0, with the rest of the league getting under way next week. Georgia is the favorite to repeat as SEC champions and three-peat as national champions. LSU, Alabama and Tennessee are also among the SEC's programs with hopes of a trip to Atlanta for the SEC Championship…

For many years, the Eleven Warriors staff has compiled a preseason predictions piece centered around forecasting the four teams that will appear in the College Football Playoff and guessing the future Heisman Trophy winner for that particular season. We're back with another version of those predictions this year. But, this one feels like the final…

TCU is roughly a two-touchdown underdog as they enter Monday's national championship game against top-ranked Georgia. With the Bulldogs standing as the last hurdle to TCU's first national title since 1938, Paul Finebaum says the Horned Frogs' secondary needs to make life difficult for Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett on Monday for TCU to have a…

This year's Peach Bowl will send a team to the national championship game when the Georgia Bulldogs face the Ohio State Buckeyes in a College Football Playoff matchup. Kickoff is slated for 8 p.m. ET at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Saturday, Dec. 31. The Bulldogs haven't missed a beat since winning the national title over Alabama last year.…

This year's Peach Bowl will send a team to the national championship game when the Georgia Bulldogs face the Ohio State Buckeyes in a College Football Playoff matchup. Kickoff is slated for 8 p.m. ET at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Saturday, Dec. 31. The Bulldogs haven't missed a beat since winning the national title over Alabama last year.…

For about six days, Ohio State's odds to win the College Football Playoff National Championship were as long as they had been all season. A 45-23 home loss to No. 2 Michigan on Nov. 26 kick-started a week of devastation as coach Ryan Day and the Buckeyes saw themselves, once again, missing out on a shot at the Big Ten championship following a…

Four teams were selected to the College Football Playoff on Sunday afternoon, but there is a distinct separation between No. 1 Georgia and the other three. It's the undefeated, defending national champion Bulldogs and three incomplete teams: No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 TCU and No. 4 Ohio State. For just the second time in the nine-year history of the…

The 2022 College Football Playoff field is set, with Georgia, Michigan, TCU and Ohio State earning the top four spots in that order. Alabama missed the cut by one spot at No. 5, despite coach Nick Saban campaigning for the Crimson Tide, despite a 10-2 mark, to get in the playoff, citing the Crimson Tide would presumably be favored over opponents…

The window has been opened for Ohio State to reach the College Football Playoff this season. In fact, it seems like a certainty that the Buckeyes will now be part of the four-team CFP field. On Friday night, USC fell to Utah 47-24 in the Pac-12 Championship Game at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. It was the Trojans' second loss of the season, both…

The Week 13 college football card is loaded with rivalry matchups from coast to coast. But none are bigger, more hyped or oozing with more drama than Saturday's Michigan vs. Ohio State clash of unbeatens in Columbus, Ohio. For the second straight year, the Wolverines and Buckeyes come into "The Game" ranked in the top five. And for the second…

GRAPEVINE, Texas -- The College Football Playoff selection committee rewarded undefeated Tennessee with the top spot in its first rankings of the 2022 season, marking the first time in school history the Volunteers entered the top four. The Vols were followed by No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Georgia and No. 4 Clemson. Now that the first of six rankings…

The Ohio State Buckeyes are now the favorite to win the college football national title. Ryan Day's team is currently+180 on DraftKings to take home the national title when the season is over. Georgia is second at+220 and Alabama is third at+240. From there, Clemson is a very distant third at+1200 and no other team is under+2000. Not only is it…

The sportsbooks love Ohio State's chances to win a national championship this season after an eventful weekend of college football. According to Bovada and Vegas Insider, the Buckeyes are either favorites or co-favorites with Georgia to win the College Football Playoff title, depending on which sportsbook you choose for odds. On Saturday, the…

The first third of the regular season of college football is in the books, as this Saturday is Oct. 1. The first three college football teams in the rankings are the Georgia Bulldogs, Alabama Crimson Tide and Ohio State Buckeyes. According to ESPN's Power Index, those three teams have a minimum 24.2% opportunity to win the rest of their…

TCR Staff Predictions are back for the 2022 college football season! The first installment is predicting the 2023 College Football Playoff. Here's what six of our writers think: Ohio State has a total redemption season after a "disappointing" 2021 campaign where they still won the Rose Bowl. CJ Stroud wins the Heisman in a 14-1 season where they…