There may be nobody in sports media who is rising as fast and as far as Josh Pate. And now his meteoric ascent is taking him all the way to ESPN. Pate has slowly and steadily built a reliable following as a college football podcast host and analyst.

The Playoff will weigh strength of schedule more heavily moving forward the selection committee announced days before the 2025 season

College football future markets will obviously fluctuate if other conferences choose to re-enter the fold, but that’s where we sit at this point in time. I will say, it’s very strange to look at the calendar and see that Ohio State may or not be eligible for the College Football Playoff on September 1.

We’re back for the fourth edition of what will continue to be a regular column all the way until the 12-team College Football Playoff bracket is officially unveiled on Sunday, Dec. 8.

On Tuesday, Texas starting quarterback Arch Manning met with local media after another practice concluded at fall camp. When asked about what his grandfather, college football legend Archie Manning said about his future,

Notre Dame is no longer trying to bend the soul of college football to its will. It's focused on competing for titles every single year.

Bill Belichick threw himself into the college football world by accepting the North Carolina head coaching job. With it comes questions about the sport’s future, specifically the College Football Playoff.

Whether we like it or not, Lee Corso's final episode of "College GameDay" is getting closer and closer. The legendary ESPN analyst will officially say farewell to the show he made famous on Aug. 30. Corso announced in April that he's retiring from "College GameDay.