It's never too early to look ahead to next season's College Football Playoff despite the Ohio State Buckeyes capturing the National Championship just weeks ago.

The first year of the 12-team college football playoffs was a massive success, with the Ohio State Buckeyes beating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the championship game. The 2024 season didn’t have quite the same success for the Alabama Crimson Tide,

It doesn’t appear that ESPN’s presentation of the College Football Playoff will undergo many, if any, fundamental changes. While those in sports media like Tony Kornheiser blasted the CFP and NFL scheduling competing games as “football on football crime,