Current Ranking View Top 130
- 1 Clemson
- 2 Alabama
- 3 Notre Dame
- 4 Ohio State
- 5 Oklahoma
Previewing the First 6 Bowls
The 40-game bowl season begins Saturday, December 15th with a 5-pack of games and it all kicks off with the New Mexico Bowl at 2:00 p.m. ET in Albuquerque with a 'reunion game' between two former Big West Conference rivals - Utah State (10-2) and North Texas (9-3).
Posted 12 hours ago
2018 Bowl Season Notes and Facts
The Congrove Computer Rankings at CollegeFootballPoll.com say the 2018 bowl season could be a series of tight games, with only one team favored by double-digits and 16 teams favored by fewer than 4 points.
Posted 12 hours ago
Virginia Tech keeps bowl streak alive. Hokies will make 26th straight bowl appearance (longest current streak in nation) after 41-20 win over Marshall. Likely headed to Military Bowl. #CollegeFootball #CFP
McVay, Rams look to respond after rare offensive misfire
Rams coach Sean McVay says he's looking forward to the way his team will respond after the worst offensive performance of his tenure
Bowl Picks
December 15th marks the kick-off date of a bowl season that should be much more competitive than recent years. For instance, last year's bowl forecast had 8 teams favored by double digits. This year, only one contest has a computer spread of 10 or higher. 16 games are under a 4-point projected margin.
Posted yesterday
Did you know...
The Prediction Tracker, which monitors more than 60 computer rating systems, presented the Congrove Computer Rankings an award for having the best against-the-spread record of any system in 2016.
The CCR was also awarded for the best (least) bias in 2006 and straight-up predictions in the second-half of 2014
2018 Bowl Confidence Points
Confidence Points is a popular pick 'em game for college football fans that presents the dual challenge of picking the winners and assigning points to each pick. Here is how the computer (Congrove Computer Rankings at CollegeFootballPoll.com) would rank its' picks, based on its' projected margin of victory for each bowl winner:
Posted yesterday
2018 Awards Tracker - Murray Becomes Second Straight Oklahoma QB To Win Heisman
Junior Kyler Murray on Saturday night (December 8) became the second consecutive Heisman winning quarterback from Oklahoma, edging out two other top collegiate QB's - Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa and Ohio State's Dwayne Haskins.
Posted yesterday
Dwayne Haskins just broke the Big Ten record for touchdown passes in a season. With the same pass, he helped lead... https://t.co/lyobY7ir8X #collegefootball #cfp
Rick Fox steps down as football coach at Drake
Rick Fox has resigned after five seasons as football coach at Drake
Rankings Updated After Army Beats Navy
The Congrove Computer Rankings issued an update of the CCR Top 130 after Army's 17-10 win over Navy. Teams with upcoming bowl games also had the new opponent added to their strength of schedule factor and that created some minor reshuffling of the order of the rankings.
Posted yesterday
The coaching carousel has kicked into high gear in #CollegeFootball. Keep track of who's fired and who's hired at https://t.co/hJjnOpoBDH #CFP
The 119th Army-Navy Game
This game is a tale of two programs headed in opposite directions.
Posted 6 days ago
It's official! Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame and Oklahoma are Final Four
Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame and Oklahoma are Final Four - in that order.
Posted 8 days ago
Did you know...
CFP founder Dave Congrove is a voting member in the FWAA-NFF Super 16 Football Poll, as well as the College Football Hall Of Fame, Fred Biletnikoff Award, Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award, Ray Guy Award, plus Maxwell and Bednarik Awards.
He's also a nominating member for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Outland Trophy, and the FWAA All-America Team
Alabama Goes Wire to Wire at No. 1 in Super 16 Poll
Alabama went wire-to-wire in the Super 16 poll, holding down the No. 1 spot in the preseason all the way to the conclusion today. In the final poll Alabama received 49 of 51 first-place votes. The Crimson Tide finished with a 13-0 record, followed in the poll by two other unbeatens, No. 2 Clemson (13-0) and No. 3 Notre Dame (12-0).
Posted 8 days ago
Coaches Poll: UAB is ranked (25) for the first-time ever after reeling off 8 straight wins. The Blazers are also ranked by the Congrove Computer Rankings (22). The AP has them at No. 27. https://t.co/JZPm6PgJ1t #CollegeFootball #CFP @UAB_FB
Clemson Still Tops Computer Rankings Heading In To Selection Sunday
Six weeks ago, Clemson moved to the top spot of the Congrove Computer Rankings and continues to hold that position heading in to Sunday's release of the final College Football Playoff Committee rankings and selection show. General consensus appears to have the committee keeping Alabama and Clemson at 1 and 2, but dropping Notre Dame behind Oklahoma.