A trip to the national championship is on the line when the College Football Playoff semifinals take place on Thursday and Friday. The first matchup of the CFP semifinals will feature the No. 6 Ole Miss Rebels taking on the No.

No. 10 seed Miami will face No. 6 seed Ole Miss Thursday in Arizona in the first semifinal of this season’s College Football Playoff.

The Ole Miss Rebels continue to be well and truly in the hunt to claim this season’s college football national championship after defeating SEC rivals Georgia 39-34 in their CFP quarterfinal at the Sugar Bowl last week.

Some of the most high-profile firings of the 2025 season were also some of the most well-compensated coaches in the sport. James Franklin, Jonathan Smith and Billy Napier were expensive firings, all ranking among the largest coaching buyouts of all-time.

Alabama finished the 2025 campaign 11–4 overall, 7–1 in the SEC, under second-year head coach Kalen DeBoer. The Tide reached the College Football Playoff but we

Texas Tech and Indiana are off to strong transfer portal starts again, while Lane Kiffin has yet to make much noise at LSU.

Despite two blowout results, the College Football Playoff quarterfinals still delivered from a TV ratings perspective. It was also a historic day for the Rose Bowl. Indiana’s resounding victory over Alabama led the charge on New Year’s Day.