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Several college football games and plays throughout its history have been given names by the media, football fans, and as part of a team's or rivalry's lore as a result of a distinctive play associated with the game, a unique outcome of or circumstance behind the game, the rivalry or undefeated nature of both teams, or for other reasons that make the game notable.
"In most years, members of the media gather in some hotel ballroom in various bowl cities on the morning after the major bowl games, to await the final poll results. Sometimes there is controversy, sometimes not. Always, it feels a little silly, as if the games were a prelude to a phone-in contest. When No. 1 plays No. 2, no polls are needed.
Entering the game, Arkansas ranked No. 3 in the Coaches Poll and remained No. 3. [245] [246] 1971: Game of the Century: No. 1 Nebraska: 35–31: No. 2 Oklahoma: Game played November 25 for Coaches Poll title, compiled before bowl games and released December 6. Each played another regular season game December 4. [247] Orange Bowl [208] [248 ...
The series between the two colleges, which are 17 miles (27 km) away from each other in the Lehigh Valley, is the most played rivalry in college football history with 158 meetings since 1884. This is a list of rivalry games in college football. The list also shows any trophy awarded to the winner of the rivalry between the teams. [a]
Unlike most of the NCAA's major selectors, the Colley Matrix does not award a trophy to its national champion. In four years (2011, 2012, 2016, 2017) the Colley Matrix selected a national champion that did not win the BCS or CFP national championship game. In each of the years, the Colley Matrix was the only NCAA-designated "major selector" to ...
Penn State enters the game as the favorite, but you cannot write off any team that Ashton Jeanty is a member of. The Heisman finalist’s 2,497 rushing yards this season are the fourth-most in FBS ...
Beginning in the 2024-25 season the top 5 ranked winners of conference receive automatic bids to the College Football Playoff with the top 4 ranked conference champions receiving a bye to the second round. Since every conference champion is decided by a championship game as of that season, the games can serve as de-facto playoff qualification ...
This category is for single-occurrence American college football games. Ongoing rivalries are in Category:College football rivalries in the United States, while bowl games are in Category:College football bowls and conference championship games are in Category:College football conference championship games