The first round of the College Football Playoff was a dud. It doesn't matter if you think they put the wrong teams in or if you blame the format of the tournament and the way it's seeded, there's no arguing the first four games all stunk.

The Peach Bowl is unfamiliar territory for both teams. Only Arizona State has ever played in the Atlanta-based bowl; that was back in 1970 when Frank Kush’s Sun Devils out of the WAC completed an unbeaten season 11-0 with a 48-26 victory against North Carolina at Georgia Tech’s Bobby Dodd Stadium.

The first round of the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff is over, and boy, howdy, were those games underwhelming. They were so bad -- HOW BAD WERE THEY? -- they were so bad that it led to every talking head in the college football universe complaining and arguing about the format with some even saying wins aren't that important.

ESPN’s college football punditry seems to be showing favoritism toward the SEC, but it is really showing favoritism toward the art of the “take.”

Forget the College Football Playoff for now. ’Tis the season of weird bowl matchups and weirder brand sponsorships.

Explore key takeaways from the college football playoffs, including Texas and Ohio State's resurgence, and predictions for the upcoming quarterfinals.

While we did not get an upset in the first round of the 2024-25 College Football Playoff, we are so overdue for one in the national quarterfinals. Let's power rank the four national quarterfinals on the overall likelihood that an upset will occur in them.