AP All-Big Ten: Oregon's Gabriel, Penn State's Carter and Indiana's Cignetti take top honors

Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel is The Associated Press Big Ten offensive player of the year, Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter is defensive player of the year and Indiana's Curt Cignetti is coach of the year. Iowa running back Kaleb Johnson and Penn State tight end Tyler Warren...

Is the College Football Playoff bracket fair? Here are some tweaks that would have changed things

The committee that chose the 12 contenders for college football's national title was only worried about one thing — ranking the teams. Where those teams landed in the College Football Playoff bracket was based on a formula created by conference commissioners. That jumbled up the...

Dylan Andrews banks in 3 with 0.4 seconds left to lift UCLA past No. 12 Oregon, 73-71

Dylan Andrews banked in a 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds remaining to give UCLA a 73-71 victory over No. 12 Oregon on Sunday, the Ducks' first loss of the season. Andrews answered for UCLA (8-1, 2-0 Big Ten) after Oregon (9-1, 1-1) took a 71-70 lead on Jackson Shelstad's 3-pointer with...

College Football Playoff: Who has the best odds to win the title?

The first 12-team College Football Playoff field was revealed on Sunday. Undefeated Oregon earned the top seed, while SMU beat out Alabama for the 12th and final spot. Oregon, Georgia, Boise State and Arizona State are the top four seeds and get byes, which were...

College Football Playoff's first 12-team bracket is set with Oregon No. 1 and SMU in, Alabama out

The new, 12-team College Football Playoff brings with it a promise to be bigger, more exciting, more lucrative. Perfect or 100% fair? Well, nobody ever believed that. The first expanded playoff bracket unveiled Sunday left a presumably deserving Alabama team on the...

Ohio State to host Tennessee in first-round showdown to determine No. 1 Oregon's Rose Bowl matchup

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The Rose Bowl is the next stop on No. 1 Oregon's national championship quest. And Ohio State or Tennessee will be the Ducks' opponent in the 111th edition of the Granddaddy of Them All. Oregon (13-0) received the top seed in the first 12-team...

SMU to visit Penn State in opening CFP round with Boise State awaiting the winner in the Fiesta Bowl

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — SMU had an anxious morning awaiting word from the College Football Playoff committee. The Mustangs believed they had a strong enough resume to get into the 12-team field, highlighted by two wins over ranked teams. Even so, a loss to Clemson in the Atlantic...

AP Top 25: Oregon, Georgia, Notre Dame, Texas top poll going into playoff; Tide ranked ahead of SMU

Georgia moved up to No. 2 behind Oregon in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday, Texas and Penn State remained in the top five after losing conference championship games, and Arizona State appeared in the top 10 for the first time in a decade. Unbeaten Oregon, with its win over Penn...

Oregon, Georgia, Boise State and Arizona State are the top four seeds in the first 12-team College Football Playoff

An Oregon win, a Clemson upset, and 'now what?' for Alabama in the College Football Playoff

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Undefeated Oregon pulled off the expected and grabbed the top spot in the College Football Playoff. Underdog Clemson pulled off a last-second stunner and stole one of the last ones. In between, Georgia’s quarterback got hurt, Alabama’s hopes grew murkier and...