In each edition of the College Football America Yearbook, Publisher Kendall Webb selects a team of the nation’s top incoming freshmen designated by their signing year — e.g., the Class of 2017. The team is the equivalent of a Freshman All-America team for the upcoming season, but we also continue to track their progress throughout their collegiate careers as the goal is to find players that can make an impact early…
Courtesy of the College Football Playoff IRVING, Texas – Bill Hancock, Executive Director of the College Football Playoff (CFP), announced last week that Frank Beamer, Chris Howard and Eugene “Gene” Smith have been appointed to the selection committee by the CFP Management Committee. The new members will each begin a three-year term this spring. Hancock also announced extensions for two current members who had served incomplete terms. The term for committee chair…
IRVING, Texas (Jan. 12, 2017) – The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame salutes the College Football Playoff (CFP) and its staff for their exceptional efforts in staging the Third Annual CFP National Championship along with the Tampa Bay Organizing Committee for their hospitality in hosting multiple first-class events. “The College Football Playoff continues to exceed everybody’s expectations,” said NFF Chairman Archie Manning. “Executive Director Bill Hancock and his outstanding staff have…
Courtesy of the College Football Playoff IRVING, Texas – The Board of Managers for the College Football Playoff (CFP) announced today a three-year extension of the contract for Executive Director Bill Hancock. “Bill Hancock is not only one of the most widely respected people in college football, he’s one of the kindest, most decent, and able people anyone will ever meet,” said C. Max Nikias, the President of the University of Southern…
Courtesy of the National Football Foundation & College Football Hall of Fame TAMPA, Fla. – The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Football Hall of Fame announced the 2017 College Football Hall of Fame Class earlier this week, which includes the names of 10 First Team All-America players and three standout coaches. The inductees were selected from the national ballot of 75 All-America players and six elite coaches from the NCAA Football…
GRAPEVINE, Texas – The College Football Playoff Selection Committee announced its first set of Top 25 rankings. Alabama is No. 1, Clemson No. 2, Michigan No. 3 and Texas A&M is No. 4. The committee will prepare five more rankings this season, including the final set on Selection Day, Sunday, December 4. The top four teams in the final rankings will play in the Playoff Semifinals on December 31, 2016, at…
We entered last weekend with 14 teams in our College Football Playoff Pool, and only Boise State from Group 3 failed to survive the weekend. The Broncos were ousted in the most unlikeliest of finishes losing late to the Wyoming Cowboys who forced a game-winning safety to win 30-28. The loss was Boise State’s first of the season and ended their longshot bid for a spot in the playoff. But we also…
After losing a total of 17 teams from our College Football Playoff Pool the previous two weeks, we didn’t lose any last weekend. All 14 of the teams in last week’s pool remain in this week’s pool as well. That doesn’t mean some things didn’t change, however. Losses by Ohio State and Texas A&M allowed Clemson to move up into the Top 4, and the two undefeated Big 12 teams…
In just two weeks, we’ve pared down the College Football Playoff Pool from 31 teams to 14. We had 22 last week so the attrition rate has been high for the past couple of weeks. Amazingly, 11 of those 14 teams are still undefeated meaning there’s still a solid chance that we’re going to end up with two or more undefeated teams in the playoff. There is a chance the…
We had 31 teams in our first edition of the College Football Playoff Pool last week, but it was a tough week on contenders. Just one week later, we’ve pared it down to 22 teams in our top three groups. Group 1, of course, belongs to the undefeated teams from Power 5 conferences, and there are still nine teams in this group. The reality is, whether you’re Alabama or West…