College Football Playoff Appoints New Chair, Selection Committee Members

IRVING, Texas – The College Football Playoff (CFP) Management Committee has appointed Baylor University Athletics Director Mack Rhoades as selection committee chair for the 2025 football season, announced today by Rich Clark, executive director of the CFP. Rhoades replaces Warde Manuel, the athletics director at the University of Michigan, who served as chair last season. Clark also announced that […]

Griffin calls out CFP committee’s SEC bias

A former Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback and first-round NFL draft pick, and current ESPN analyst, chimed in via Twitter on the latest College Football Playoff rankings after they were released Tuesday night. Robert Griffin III called out the CFP Committee for ranking a two-loss SEC team in LSU (No. 5) ahead of one-loss Southern Cal (No. […]

ESPN’s Dinich, Pollack discuss signals sent by CFP Committee with first rankings

ESPN’s Heather Dinich and David Pollack joined the network’s Get Up show Wednesday morning to discuss the first College Football Playoff rankings that were released Tuesday night. Dinich was asked what the most important signals were that the CFP Committee sent with the initial rankings, and she pointed to Michigan being ranked No. 5 behind No. 1 […]

Results more important to CFP Committee than analytics

To this point in the season, Clemson and Ohio State have been the two most complete teams based on the statistics and how they have played. So, how will the College Football Playoff selection committee view the top three teams in the CFP rankings – No. 1 LSU, No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 […]