The College Football Playoff rolls along this week as we enter the semifinal round and inch ever closer toward crowning a national champion for the 2024 season. No. 5 seed Texas travels to play 8-seed Ohio State in a highly anticipated Cotton Bowl filled with storylines on Friday,

The semifinals for the 12-team College Football Playoff for the 2024-25 season starts on Thursday night with Penn State and Notre Dame meeting in the Orange Bowl. On Friday night, a big-time clash is slated for the Cotton Bowl with Ohio State taking on Texas.

The New Year's Day football games 2025 schedule features three contests, and all three are College Football Playoff Quarterfinal matchups.

This season, for Penn State (13-2) and Notre Dame (13-1), it’s the latest stop in the “One and Done” tour that college football has become. At stake in Thursday’s College Football Playoff semifinal: a trip to Atlanta to play for the national title on Jan.

In an era that is now long gone, a trip to the Orange Bowl meant a break from the rough weather up north and the capper to a successful season that might even end with a championship trophy in the cas

The Capital One Orange Bowl will feature the Notre Dame Fighting Irish against the Penn State Nittany Lions. Here is what to know before the game.

The Fighting Irish opened as favorites against the Nittany Lions for the semifinal set to take place in the Orange Bowl. Notre Dame opened as a 2.5-point favorite, but the spread is -1 on the day of the game.

Though the two teams haven't met since 2007, Penn State and Notre Dame share a history that includes a number of notable clashes.

Xavier Watts and Notre Dame's fierce defense will be tasked with smothering Penn State on Thursday in the Orange Bowl, launching the College Football Playoff semifinals. The Irish are slight favorites to advance.