There are a handful of instances in which a team did not win its conference title, but played for the national championship.

The Buckeyes won the first-ever CFP in 2014-15 and then fell to the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2020-21 title game. Ohio State also captured the BCS national championship in 2002-03.

Since the then-called BCS National Championship, the NCAA recognizes players who excel in the championship game, who are announced once the last game of the season is over. It is no surprise to ...

Former Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers ... A sixth-round pick in the 2003 NFL Draft, Wilkerson won a national championship with the Olkahoma Sooners before making the move to the ...

The first 12-team College Football Playoff features four teams looking to break national championship droughts of 10 years or more. Who will win the first national title of the new era.

while Notre Dame is making its first national championship game appearance since it suffered a 42-14 loss to Alabama in the 2013 BCS national championship game. The 2025 CFP national championship ...

Thursday night. Its on to the CFP National Championship for the Irish (14-1) to play Ohio State (13-2), a 28-14 winner over Texas in the Cotton Bowl Friday night.. The National Championship will ...

The Ducks advanced to the BCS National Championship in 2010, but this is their second-ever appearance in the College Football Playoff. They were a part of the inaugural four-team field in 2014 and ...