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Nicole Auerbach Press Box

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Did it hurt the sport’s regular season? Do rivalries still matter? Here’s what Nicole Auerbach took away from the first year of the expanded CFP.
After the loss to Michigan, Ohio State reeled off four straight wins and won a national title in Ryan Day’s sixth season. It was a remarkable end to a rollercoaster season.
Both of these teams are extremely polarizing. But if you’ve got to root for someone, who should it be?
The new format bodes well for the school’s continued football independence, which has been an integral part of the Notre Dame experience for decades.
Ahead of the national title game, former athletic director Jack Swarbrick reflects on the traits that led him to hire Freeman as the head football coach three years ago.
Seven weeks ago, Day’s Buckeyes had just lost to Michigan for the fourth straight time. How they responded to that defeat speaks volume about his coaching.
Sawyer forced a fumble, recovered it and ran it back for the touchdown in the final moments of Ohio State’s CFP semifinal win. It was one of the defining moments of the season.
Would the real Longhorn defense please stand up? Can Texas finish both drives and the game strong? Or will Ohio State simply continue bulldozing its postseason opponents?
None of the final four coaches has won a national championship before. Here’s why that matters.
James Franklin finally has an opportunity to change the narrative that surrounds his program. But he’s got to win a big game to do it.
NIL and the transfer portal have helped create more of an even playing field in the sport. And the SEC’s results this postseason have underscored that the league has come back down to earth.
The Buckeyes have played their two best games of the season in the past two weeks. And now they’re two wins away from a national championship.
It’s only a College Football Playoff quarterfinal game, but it sure feels like a national championship-caliber matchup.
We all know there’s a national championship-caliber matchup out in Pasadena, but how do the other quarterfinal games stack up?
Both the Broncos and Sun Devils are big underdogs heading into their CFP quarterfinal games. Why that is — and what it means for the matchups.
The most viral bowl game in college football last season is upping its game this year - in part by turning its trophy into a real toaster. Here’s what we know about what to expect when Miami and Iowa State meet in the Pop-Tarts Bowl on Dec. 28.
The upcoming Oregon-Ohio State quarterfinal game will provide an answer.
Notre Dame-Indiana may not have been the most compelling game, but its setting was. And now the College Football Playoff needs to put more of its games on campus.
What has to happen for each team to win its first-round matchup and advance to the CFP quarterfinals?
Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard talks about the season so far for the Fighting Irish, being thankful for the NIU loss, and what he expects in the first round of the CFP against Indiana.
The deal will make Freeman one of the highest-paid coaches in the country.
For Heisman voter Nicole Auerbach, this was a tough ballot to fill out. But the right player lifted the trophy when all was said and done.
The Ducks earned the No. 1 overall seed in the 12-team bracket. And they were rewarded with potentially the toughest path to the title game.
Despite the No. 1 overall seed, Oregon’s path to a national championship could be treacherous. But NBC Sports’ college football insider believes the Ducks will win it all. Here’s why.