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Nicole Auerbach Press Box

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Curt Cignetti has the Hoosiers one win away from cementing their place atop college football’s new world order.
The top-seeded and undefeated Hoosiers are on the brink of the biggest turnaround in the sports’ history while Miami seeks to add to its legacy at its home stadium.
Seven of eight teams with first-round byes have lost their quarterfinal games through the first two years of the 12-team College Football Playoff.
For College Football Playoff head coaches Joey McGuire, Curt Cignetti and Kalen DeBoer, experiences in equipment rooms, at high schools and at the NAIA and Division II levels are paying dividends at the highest level.
Nicole Auerbach explains how the first-round results will carry over to the next set of CFP games.
We’ve got your schedule set from Christmas Eve through New Year’s Day. From Hawaii to the Bronx, here are the games to watch.
This season, the CFP has tweaked kickoff times to help ensure a brighter spotlight for first-round games.
In his first and only season as the Hoosiers’ starting quarterback, Mendoza has thrown an FBS-best 33 touchdowns, and he’s rushed for six more.
Here is all the info you need to keep up with a wild coaching carousel.
Nicole Auerbach unpacks her College Football Playoff bracket predictions, including how she feels about the top four seeds in this year’s bracket and how many questions she has for the other eight teams in the field.
Nicole Auerbach unpacks the College Football Playoff selection committee’s especially confusing selection for the 2025-26 bracket and analyzes the contenders left out of the dance.
Everyone thought the Crimson Tide was safe coming into championship weekend. But does Alabama’s 21-point loss to Georgia create an opportunity for both Miami and Notre Dame to make the 12-team field?
Lane Kiffin is leaving Ole Miss for LSU, and the whole situation has reflected quite poorly on him.
The Longhorns are the only three-loss team with a shot at making the 12-team CFP. And they should be squarely on the bubble after their win over Texas A&M this weekend.
Rivalry weekend once again delivered great drama and high stakes in the conclusion to college football’s regular season.
The top teams all took care of business in Week 13, so we turn our attention to the bubble. Could Utah’s shaky performance against Kansas State cost them on the bubble?
We learned plenty about the college football landscape in Week 13.
The Crimson Tide suffered their second loss of the season on Saturday. Will they stay in the projected 12-team field or fall out entirely?
A 27-point comeback win for the No. 3 team in the nation and a potential landscape-altering result in Tuscaloosa headline another chaotic week of college football.
The massive SEC showdowns (obviously) make the list, but what other games do we all need to keep an eye on this weekend?
Texas Tech dominated BYU in a top-10 showdown. How far should the selection committee drop the Cougars after a blowout loss to a good team?
College football is unpredictable and delightful, which is why we live for what happens on Saturdays. And Week 11 certainly delivered, from a thriller in Happy Valley to even more chaos in ACC country.
Subjectivity seemed to rule the first College Football Playoff rankings of the 2025 season. Why is vibes-based analysis making the difference?