Following a 34-23 loss to Ohio State in Monday's College Football Playoff title game, Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman told reporters, "We can't make mistakes. It falls on my shoulders. And as the head coach, we have to be better prepared for this moment."

While no major decisions were made regarding the 12-team College Football Playoff format at a meeting Sunday, "tweaks" for 2025 haven't been ruled out.

Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua said the school prefers to remain independent even though the Irish are ineligible for byes under the current CFP model.

Notre Dame starting left tackle Anthonie Knapp will miss the College Football Playoff National Championship game after suffering a high ankle sprain in the Irish's Orange Bowl win.

Franklin is 1-14 at Penn State against AP top-five teams entering the Nittany Lions' matchup with Notre Dame.

The College Football Playoff will not flip the dates and times of the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic and the Capital One Orange Bowl after SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said he asked about the possibility of changing them.

The Nittany Lions' running backs who dominated the Fiesta Bowl are roommates in State College.

Penn State players kept Boise State star Ashton Jeanty in check and resolved to make sure he didn't break the NCAA single-season rushing record against them.

Penn State coach James Franklin says with the new landscape of NIL and the transfer portal, college football needs a commissioner, and the man for that job is Nick Saban.

Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman, who is 30-9 over his three seasons with the Irish, has agreed to a long-term extension that will make him among the highest-paid coaches in the country, a university official confirmed to ESPN on Sunday.

As Army and Navy prepare for their 125th meeting, the academies adhere to their strict traditions in an era of change in college football.