Through the first 11 years of the College Football Playoff, the No. 1 seed won the national championship four times. Only one team won back-to-back titles. And last year’s semifinals featured no team seeded higher than fifth. The new era has rarely been predictable, but often stale, regularly headlined by the likes of Alabama, Ohio...

After being benched for the final two games of 2025, the Nets' Ziaire Williams has returned to post perhaps his best three-game stretch of the season.