The 11 programs that tasted the College Football Playoff but came up short in 2024 are already yearning for a return trip. For some -- such as Oregon and Georgia-- merely getting to the CFP won't be enough to satisfy championship-thirsty fan bases.

A surprising team wins the ACC championship and secures a top-four seed in the College Football Playoff, according to ESPN's 2025 projections from Bill Connelly. The conference race was tight at the end of the regular season in 2024,

At long last, it felt like the College Football Playoff achieved its goal of turning the title game into a Final Four-like event. Then we found out it drew the third-lowest television audience for a title game since the CFP began in 2014.