Most expected two blowouts in the quarterfinal round of the College Football Playoff. The routs, however, were anticipated in the Fiesta Bowl and Peach Bowl. Instead, the Rose Bowl between (8) Ohio State and (1) Oregon turned into one of the biggest mismatches of the entire CFP.

The format of the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff was intended to reward teams for winning a conference title. The five highest-ranked conference champions all received automatic bids to the playoff with the top four champions — No.

More teams, more bellyaching. The College Football Playoff's first round served blowouts, resulting in blowback that the selection committee whiffed.

The College Football Playoff quarterfinals continue today with three games: Arizona State vs. Texas, Oregon vs. Ohio State and Georgia vs. Notre Dame.

The most important action of a historic college football bowl schedule kicks off today on New Year’s Day with the quarterfinal round of the College Football Pla

Texas and Arizona State are squaring off Wednesday in the Peach Bowl during the first of the day's three College Football Playoff quarterfinal matchups. The game pits the Longhorns, an SEC power that made last year's four-team CFP,

ASU battles the Texas Longhorns on New Year's Day in the College Football Playoff Quarterfinals at the Peach Bowl in Atlanta, Georgia.

Texas and Arizona State will be the first of three College Football Playoff (CFP) games to kick off on Wednesday. The No. 5-ranked Texas Longhorns knocked off Clemson in the first round of the CFP, 38-24.