Kickoff is scheduled for 7:45 p.m. ET on Monday, Jan. 19. Pregame coverage begins with "College GameDay" at 5 p.m. ET. Fans can catch all of the action on ESPN, in the ESPN App and in the NCAA football streaming hub.

The NCAA released the roster cost of each CFP school this season, which reveals that the most expensive program ended up in the very first game of the postseason run. According to the NCAA’s report of the College Football Playoff teams,

It’s been a historic season for Indiana. Mendoza is largely to credit. Behind him, the program won its first Big Ten title since 1967. They beat Ohio State for the first time since 1988. The team also earned the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff.

The College Football Playoff will expand from 12 to 16 teams (and then to way more than that) in a flash. And the reason has nothing to do with byes. Try billions.

Several notable transfers have already found their next home. However, there’s no shortage of top targets who are still available in the NCAA Transfer Portal. Further, more players will continue to enter the portal until it closes on Jan.

Sam Leavitt to Baton Rouge, Jordan Seaton enters the portal, and more. Get the latest NCAA and NFL news and opinion at DAZN News

The NCAA transfer portal is within a week of opening for the 2026 offseason. Many college football players across all levels have already decided to enter the transfer portal. Even bowl-qualifying Power Four programs have already seen significant departures for the transfer portal.

Wisconsin-River Falls football completes remarkable climb from winless to D3 national champions by winning the 2026 Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl.

The Ole Miss Rebels' season came to an end on Thursday night, with a loss to the Miami Hurricanes in the College Football Playoff semifinal. On Friday, there was even more potentially devastating news.