The College Football Playoff National Championship kicks off Monday at 7:30 p.m., but there is so much more than the game to enjoy.

The first 12-team Playoff had a lot of great moments. It could also use some tweaks. In the short term, leaders are unlikely to make major changes to the format for the 2025 season. The bigger stuff is more likely to come in 2026, when the new contracts kick in and the SEC and Big Ten basically get to do whatever they want.

Atlanta effectively managed MLK celebrations and the College Football Playoff, with no surge in emergency calls.

The College Football Playoff National Championship for the 2025 season is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. This event marks the second time Hard Rock Stadium will host the championship, following its previous hosting on Jan. 11, 2021.

After the New Year's Day rampage in New Orleans, federal authorities are concerned about "possible copycat or retaliatory" attacks around the college football championship game in Atlanta.

What bowl games are playing out in college football Monday? Here's what you need to know, including start times, how to watch and scores:

The early betting favorite to win next year’s national championship is Ohio State. The question nobody can really answer at this time is what sort of game will the Buckeyes or anyone else return to when they kick it off again seven months from now.

On Wednesday's edition of the Pat McAfee Show, Belichick addressed the swirling rumors head-on, particularly calling out Mike Florio and Pro Football Talk. When asked about the reports, he didn’t hold back.

Sanders is widely regarded as a first-round selection and is considered one of the top two quarterbacks in the draft, alongside Miami's Cam Ward. While the order of selection may vary between Sanders and Ward, both are often considered flip-flopped as the first quarterback off the board in mock drafts and analyst rankings.

Georgia Tech is next for Pat Kelsey's University of Louisville men's basketball team, the one that has won 10 straight and appears primed to extend that streak to 13

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