Football

Everything you need to know about the College Football Playoff quarter-finals

Just like that, the College Football Playoff (CFP) quarter-finals (QFs) are set (and The GIST’s College Football Bracket Challenge is underway) after a thrilling weekend on the gridiron. And if you’re still looking for New Year’s plans, you’re in luck — there’ll be one QF game on New Year’s Eve and three more on New Year’s Day. Never too early to preview the action.

December 22, 2025

Previewing the first round of the 2025 College Football Playoff

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Tick tock — you have until 12 p.m. ET today to enter The GIST’s College Football Bracket Challenge, plenty of time to read this primer then make your picks. The top four College Football Playoff (CFP) seeds (No. 1 Indiana, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Georgia, and No. 4 Texas Tech) received a bye to the quarter-finals, while the other eight squads will battle it out in first-round action beginning tonight. Hut hut, here we go.

December 19, 2025

Kansas City Chiefs eliminated from playoff contention for first time since 2014

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Big day for dads and athletic trainers.

December 15, 2025

Three teams can clinch playoff berth during NFL Week 15 slate

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Who could clinch a postseason berth in Week 15?

December 12, 2025

Notre Dame controversially left out of 2025 College Football Playoff

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Especially with this convoluted selection process, someone's always going to be mad.

December 08, 2025

Quarterbacks headline drama-filled Week 14

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The postseason plot thickens with four weeks left in the regular season.

December 08, 2025

Conference championship weekend is final piece of College Football Playoff Puzzle

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It’s NCAA football conference championship weekend, aka teams’ last chance to show the College Football Playoff (CFP) selection committee that they belong in the 12-team hunt for the national championship before Sunday’s 12 p.m. ET selection show.

December 05, 2025

What Week 13 taught us about the NFL’s contenders and pretenders

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What Week 13 taught us about the NFL’s contenders and pretenders

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December 01, 2025

The NFL chose chaos once again this week, with holiday hi-jinks and stunners aplenty. Contenders are turning into pretenders faster than you can say Hail Mary — and vice versa. As Week 13 wraps up, let’s muddle through the madness.

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The GIST of It Podcast

Ep #518

It’s time for a College Football Playoff primer

December 18, 2025

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It’s time for a College Football Playoff primer

It’s the most wonderful time of the year.

And not just because of the holidays. Between the final few weeks of a thrilling NFL season and the College Football Playoff, there’s no shortage of gridiron action to take in. That’s why on today’s episode of The GIST of It, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz are tossing the perfect spiral: a College Football Playoff special, breaking down the 12-team field and this weekend’s spiciest showdowns. Hut, hut, here we go.