A couple of years ago, colleague Andy Nesbitt, writing for For The Win, authored an article arguing that college football’s national championship game being on Monday night is one of the dumbest things in sports.

Leave it be. Enjoy the show. Let a good thing be a good thing. This 12-team College Football Playoff format works beautifully.

NFL playoffs got underway Saturday afternoon with the Los Angeles Chargers visiting the Houston Texans. As is usually the case, there will be no shortage of former Alabama football players on NFL playoff rosters on Wild Card weekend.

Notre Dame’s athletic director said “I think there’s a chance” there will be tweaks to the way the College Football Playoff awards byes next year — an issue that will be discussed this weekend but tha

College football is deeper than we thought. As many as five or six teams this season were championship-quality. Nothing flukish about the Buckeyes and Fighting Irish, except for the fortune and favor of time.

It’s the first time fans have been asked to fling open their wallets to attend as many as four games as their teams marched toward a title.

Now, we've got one more game left. On Monday night in Atlanta (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN), Ohio State, a nearly 10-point favorite, will seek its first national title in 10 years while underdog Notre Dame will seek its first in 36.

As the first 12-team College Football Playoff ends, leaders are discussing what to change in the future. Here are the main topics.

In the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff. Those are just a few of hundreds of numbers that describe Ohio State and Notre Dame, two of the sport’s preeminent brands. Here’s what to know — cultures,