As the first 12-team College Football Playoff ends, leaders are discussing what to change in the future. Here are the main topics.

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.

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.

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

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Notre Dame Athletic Director Pete Bevacqua talks during media day ahead of the College Football Playoff ...

The network and league announced Thursday that they have exercised an option to extend ESPN’s exclusive rights to televise the conference’s sports through 2035-36.

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.

ATLANTA — Coming off its first appearance in the national championship game in 12 years, independent Notre Dame football faces an “unbelievably great” schedule in 2025, according to first-year athletic director Pete Bevacqua.

ATLANTA — Pete Bevacqua thinks the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff has gone well, but he understands he may have a different perspective than other decision-makers within the ...

ATLANTA — Notre Dame athletic director Pete ... football program’s 36-year national championship drought end in his first calendar year at the helm, called the new 12-team College Football ...

ATLANTA — Notre Dame's athletic director said “I think there's a chance” for tweaks to the way the College Football Playoff ... the national title game, Pete Bevacqua, in his first year ...

Week 1 of the 2025 college football season features a loaded slate, including LSU at Clemson, Notre Dame at Miami and Alabama at Florida State, among others. LSU-Clemson could be a top-five matchup, as could the biggest headliner: Manning and Texas visiting Ohio State in a matchup of the 2024 national champion and our early 2025 favorite.