From now until late January, the excitement builds every week as some of the best football programs in the nation compete for the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship.When is the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship Game?

There are a couple college football-level outcasts coming out of the 2025 season, too. They're not as ugly as their green counterpart, but provided ample reasons to be despised by fans, viewers and others associated with the sport.

Eight teams are left standing in the 2025 College Football Playoff field after Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Tulane and James Madison were sent packing in the first round of this year's 12-team battle for a national championship.

The Bulldogs gained 585 yards of total offense as they pulled away from the Bisons in the second half for a decisive 42-21 win.

Virginia's turnaround in 2025 was made possible, in large part, to a significant financial commitment from the school and its donors.

Oladkun is a 7th round draft pick in 2022, out of South Dakota State. He spent six years in college and is already 28 Years of Age. Prior to Week 16, Oladokun had never played a snap. He now must face a daunting Broncos defense, while playing with a roster that has surely given up any desire to play too hard, risking themselves for 2026.

When Texas meets the Michigan Wolverines at the Citrus Bowl, the Longhorns will be facing an interim head coach and another former five-star quarterback.