Bill Connelly is a writer for ESPN. He covers college football, soccer and tennis. He has been at ESPN since 2019. Leave it to college football to take the silliest, most circuitous possible route to ...

Tensions were apparent this week as conference spring meetings unfolded with a key topic of conversation being the future College Football Playoff format. An indirect back-and-forth emerged ...

One of the coaching mantras Bill Belichick is famous for preaching is the underlying theme of his book titled “The Art of Winning: Lessons from My Life in Football.” “I’m known for ‘Do ...

Miron Muslic joined Plymouth Argyle in January after Wayne Rooney's sacking Schalke have appointed Plymouth Argyle boss Miron Muslic as their head coach on a two-year deal. The Pilgrims said on ...

Be the hero the College Football Playoff needs. A man who's hailed as college sports' most powerful figure ought to flex his muscle to land a playoff format that both suits the SEC’s needs ...

According to ESPN, Sankey said the 4-4-2-2-1-3 has not been decided as the format for the potential CFP expansion to 16 teams after the 2025-26 season. It's being discussed, as a college football ...

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. — The Southeastern Conference spring meeting ended Thursday with no endorsement of a College Football Playoff or SEC football scheduling format, but plenty of intrigue.

In a significant pivot from the highly publicized push for automatic qualifiers in the next iteration of the College Football Playoff ... to determine the playoff format for 2026 and beyond ...

Packers surprise three local high school football teams with state of the art helmets National Guard troops ordered to Los Angeles by Trump find quiet streets and few protests 11 Expensive ...

As the discussion around expanding the College Football Playoff continues, the format of 5 automatic qualifiers and 11 at-large bids is receiving more attention. The 5+11 format is an alternative ...

In a unanimous vote on Thursday, all 10 FBS conferences and Notre Dame agreed to adopt a straight seeding model for the College Football Playoff, starting in 2025. The shift comes after last year ...