Snap-judgment Proclamation of the Week: Last December, all four Playoff teams with first-round byes went 0-1. (Part of the reason: Two were Arizona State and Boise State, ranked No. 12 and No. 9 by the committee.) Therefore, everyone decided it must be bad to get a bye.

In a hard-scratching decision, the committee bounced the Fighting Irish out of the top 12 despite keeping them ranked in the top 10 for weeks. As a result, Notre Dame opted out of the Pop-Tart Bowl, and are focused on preparing for the upcoming opening of the college football transfer portal.

Mario Cristobal and Joe Judge were among the notables to sound off with memorable lines after Round 1 of the College Football Playoff.

The idea of trading up to No. 1 overall for a quarterback seems like it would be a common occurrence, but it has not happened since the Rams moved up for California's Jared Goff. Ironically, Mendoza began his collegiate career at California and Moore was not much farther away at UCLA.

Former Texas A&M star Johnny Manziel no-showed his appearance on ESPN's College GameDay before the Aggies' loss to Miami. He posted an apology and a bit of an explanation Sunday.

It’s a Christmas edition of the Husker Doc Talk Podcast, and Travis Justice and Dr. Rob Zatechka are in full postseason form—mixing college football playoff tak

The College Football Playoff isn't broken -- it's college football as a whole that needs to be completely revamped

The No. 10 seed Miami Hurricanes defeated the No. 7 Texas A&M Aggies 10-3 in the first round of the College Football Playoff. It was a defensive battle, ultimately decided by a late fourth-quarter score and red-zone interception by Miami.