A 12th regular-season opponent has yet to be announced for 2025, but AD Pete Bevacqua expressed confidence that puzzle would be resolved to Notre Dame’s satisfaction.
As the first 12-team College Football Playoff ends, leaders are discussing what to change in the future. Here are the main topics.
Notre Dame showed this season why its comfortable staying independent — even if it has to play an extra game in its quest for a championship.
Notre Dame’s athletic director said “I think there’s a chance” there will be tweaks to the way the College Football Playoff awards byes next year — an issue that will be discussed this weekend but that would need unanimous approval from the 10 conferences and the Fighting Irish.
The College Football Playoff board of managers met Sunday to discuss potential changes to the 12-team tournament’s format. According to Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dell
Any adjustments to the College Football Playoff for next season, including a potential tweak in the way the teams are seeded, would have to take place later this year, probably in the spring.
Brown entered the transfer portal in December but stayed with the Buckeyes through their run to the national championship that ended with a win Monday night over Notre Dame. Cal announced Tuesday that Brown would be joining the Golden Bears for next season.
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The ACC is expected to consider changing the format of its football championship as it weighs how to protect its regular-season champion before the College Football Playoff, commissioner Jim Phillips said Sunday.
The first 12-team College Football Playoff was a success, but power school athletic directors are mulling format tweaks.
“For college football as a whole, it’s been great,” Notre Dame AD Pete Bevacqua told Sports Business Journal the ... and it’s been the perfect balance of creating a really exciting playoff format and retaining the importance of the regular season.”