College Football season is about to kick off. Here are our record projections for every team

[pedro47]

The Oregon Ducks football team were defeated by Ohio Stare on January 1, 2025. My prediction came true.

 

[MULTIZ321]

Four Takeaways for College Football Playoff Semifinals​

Four Takeaways for College Football Playoff Semifinals

Either Marcus Freeman or James Franklin will become the first Black head coach to make an FBS national championship game, and other story lines to watch.

www.si.com

Richard

 

[pedro47]

ND bracket is more easy than Oregon. IMHO
Oregon must play a fired up Ohio State team next.

Prediction #2 Notre-Dame will defeated Georgia .

 

[Brett]

The Final Four --- Buckeyes for the win!

https://sports.yahoo.com/college-fo...ohio-state-is-now-the-favorite-010200442.html

 

[geist1223]

Every Team that got a Bye in the First Round has now lost in the Second Round.

 

[MULTIZ321]

3 most embarrassing losses of the College Football Playoff​

3 most embarrassing losses of the College Football Playoff

The 12-team College Football Playoff has given us a couple of classics but, honestly, most of the games have just been relatively uncompetitive. Several first-

saturdayblitz.com

Richard

 

[TUGBrian]

Every Team that got a Bye in the First Round has now lost in the Second Round.

its interesting for sure, though ive seen the other argument in that all 4 of those teams played an extra game during the season (their conf championship).

 

[MULTIZ321]

Georgia's loss in Sugar Bowl shows SEC boogeyman is dead. How long do they stay down?​

Georgia's loss in Sugar Bowl shows SEC boogeyman is dead. How long do they stay down?

The boogeyman is dead: Georgia's ugly College Football Playoff loss to Notre Dame puts bow on unraveling of the SEC in the 2024 season.

www.usatoday.com

Richard

 

[Elan]

My observations thus far:

1)Bye was more of a curse than a blessing.
2)Hosting the on campus game was an advantage.
3)There aren't any teams that didn't make the cut this year that have a legitimate claim to a spot.
4) Given that the 5&6 ranked teams are in the semis, a field of 4 was definitely not big enough.

I hope going forward they expand to 16 teams and seed by rank. Wouldn't bother me if they did away with conference championship games and shortened the regular season by a week or even more.

 

[MULTIZ321]

College Football Playoff 2024: Semifinal first look​

CFP semifinal first look: Previewing Notre Dame-Penn State and Texas-Ohio State

How each team can win its semifinal game, plus key players and what we learned from the quarterfinals.

www.espn.com

Richard

 

[Rolltydr]

Wouldn't bother me if they did away with conference championship games and shortened the regular season by a week or even more.

That’s what they should do so the championship game could be played on New Year’s Day. The season would then fit within the school calendar and the portal wouldn’t be such a big issue from a calendar standpoint. I don’t think they will ever do it because that’s too much TV money to turn down, but it would fix a couple of problems.

 

[TUGBrian]

My observations thus far:

1)Bye was more of a curse than a blessing.
2)Hosting the on campus game was an advantage.
3)There aren't any teams that didn't make the cut this year that have a legitimate claim to a spot.
4) Given that the 5&6 ranked teams are in the semis, a field of 4 was definitely not big enough.

I hope going forward they expand to 16 teams and seed by rank. Wouldn't bother me if they did away with conference championship games and shortened the regular season by a week or even more.

if i had a vote, id just go top 8...week off after all champ games (so two weeks off for those not in those games)...no byes or auto seeding.

 

[geist1223]

Why not delay the Portal until after the final game.

 

[pedro47]

How about totally eliminating the Portal.

IMHO, it is a total disaster in college recruiting in football and basketball.

 

[pedro47]

Why not delay the Portal until after the final game.

How about eliminating the Portal in football until after the Final NCAA Football Championship game of each year.

 

[am1]

Why not delay the Portal until after the final game.

Kids need to enroll in school. Top 8 would be better. Some conference champs and wildcards.

Just because the top teams lost does not mean they were not the best/most deserving teams. Injury, transfers can affect teams especially with an extended season.

Get rid of the 1aa games as they prove nothing.

 

[beejaybee]

Duke's vs. Cheezits
In terms of blitzing advertising Duke's beat Cheezits by a wide margin.

 

[Rolltydr]

Why not delay the Portal until after the final game.

Are you going to change the college calendar simply to accommodate a few football teams? One semester ends in early-mid December and the new one starts early-mid January. Extracurricular sports and other activities, including college football until the advent of the playoff, have always been made to fit within that timeline. That hasn’t changed in my lifetime and I’m 70 years old. College football, however, has stretched their season to begin in late August before classes have even started and most students aren’t even on campus yet. It used to end on New Year’s Day before the semester began. This year, it ends on January 20, well after classes have started. The portal problem is entirely the fault of colleges chasing more and more dollars without regard to the academic impact on the students they claim to be trying to protect. The students are free to go to the school of their own choosing as long as they pass the admissions process, so they can’t force them to stay at one school past the end of a semester. Quite frankly, I don’t understand why you would even want to force a person to remain on your team that no longer wants to be there. The courts have already ruled the NCAA can’t restrict students from transferring simply because they play football. So, the only way to fix the problem is for the NCAA to reduce the length of the season, which means reducing the number of games which, in turn, means giving up some TV dollars. College football has put itself into a catch-22 position.

 

[pedro47]

Are today's college football and basketball players students athletes or are they gladiators trained to bring in big money for their college coaches, their universities and the major television?? networks???? ?

 

[Rolltydr]

Are today's college football and basketball players students athletes or are they gladiators trained to bring in big money for their college coaches, their universities and the major television?? networks???? ?

There are always going to be students that don't care about their education. I believe they are a small minority and most of the athletes are indeed students. For example, this year's Heisman winner, Travis Hunter, also has a 4.0 GPA.

 

[pedro47]

There are several former ACC Head coaches that disliked the new Portal System. Look for more head basketball coaches to retire at the end of this basketball season. IMHO