Plenty of college football games on today on New Year's Day in the College Football Playoffs, but they're different this year.

The Birmingham Bowl game between the Georgia Southern Eagles and the Appalachian State Mountaineers had 12,000 fans in attendance.

Texas State football throttled Rice 41-10 to win the Armed Forces Bowl, led by quarterback Brad Jackson and wide receivers Chris Dawn Jr. and Beau Sparks.

Here's four thoughts on this week's CFP quarterfinals:

UW-River Falls defeated Johns Hopkins in an NCAA Division III national semifinal, 48-41, clinching the program's first trip to the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl for the national championship.

Vanderbilt Commodores star quarterback Diego Pavia came up short in his pursuit of a bowl game win as his lawsuit against the NCAA has ramped up.

Brackets don't lock until Oklahoma and Alabama kick off the first round of the College Football Playoff on Friday, Dec. 19, but fans are already making their picks for the CFP. There's also still time to make your selections in the NCAA.com College ...

This article was originally published on www.si.com/fannation/college/cfb-hq as 3,000-yard college football QB enters NCAA transfer portal. The two-week window to enter the NCAA transfer portal will open for football players on Friday.

The NCAA transfer portal is open until Jan. 16. Follow our Louisville football transfer portal tracker for the latest on Jeff Brohm's roster for 2026.