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Author: BY ALAN BLINDER - Publish Date: December 6, 2021 at 12:27AM The semifinal games are scheduled for New Year’s Eve, with the national championship planned for Jan. 10 in Indianapolis.

Author: BY ALAN BLINDER - Publish Date: November 28, 2021 at 03:48AM Before a crowd thick with maize and blue, the Wolverines beat Ohio State for the first time since 2011 and earned a chance to play for a Big Ten title.

Author: BY BILLY WITZ - Publish Date: November 4, 2021 at 12:20AM The rankings showed how much organizers favor the most powerful teams in the sport, and they created a hurdle for Cincinnati, which has a marquee win and an undefeated record.

Author: BY BILLY WITZ - Publish Date: October 11, 2021 at 02:39AM Nick Rolovich’s job could be in jeopardy if he does not get vaccinated or receive an exemption, as required of state employees and students. “It’s the No. 1 question,” said Kirk Schulz, the university’s president.

Author: BY ALAN BLINDER - Publish Date: October 3, 2021 at 02:58AM A top-10 matchup between the hedges in Athens looked like anything but.

Author: BY ALAN BLINDER - Publish Date: October 2, 2021 at 02:01AM The seventh-ranked Bearcats play at No. 9 Notre Dame on Saturday. A loss would doom whatever shot they have at reaching the College Football Playoff, and a win would still put Cincinnati Coach Luke Fickell in the position of campaigning.

Author: BY BILLY WITZ - Publish Date: September 26, 2021 at 11:28AM Clemson has had some tight moments. But before this season, the Tigers would usually come through.

Author: BY ALANIS THAMES - Publish Date: September 26, 2021 at 04:37AM Jack Coan, who transferred to Notre Dame from Wisconsin, looked more solid than his Badger replacement, though he left the game in the third quarter with an injury.

Author: BY BILLY WITZ - Publish Date: September 6, 2021 at 03:45AM Louisiana State, which won the College Football Playoff in the 2019 season, followed a 5-5 season by dropping its 2021 opener to U.C.L.A. after evacuating because of Hurricane Ida.

Author: BY ALAN BLINDER - Publish Date: September 5, 2021 at 02:55AM The coach and his staff and players have all been vaccinated. He said he has had only mild symptoms.

Author: BY KURT STREETER - Publish Date: June 24, 2021 at 12:54AM Carl Nassib’s coming-out announcement has been met with largely positive responses, a reception other football players who publicly identified as gay did not experience.

Author: BY ALAN BLINDER - Publish Date: June 11, 2021 at 12:36AM Matt Schembechler said his account of abuse when he was a child in 1969 was ignored by his father, Bo, who was the new head football coach at Michigan.

Author: BY BENJAMIN HOFFMAN - Publish Date: February 18, 2021 at 08:57AM The Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback turned Mets minor leaguer has ended his unlikely run at being a two-sport athlete.

Author: BY BILLY WITZ - Publish Date: January 13, 2021 at 07:36AM And the problems made clear in staging a football season now shift to a basketball season that is looking toward a complicated March.

Author: BY ALAN BLINDER - Publish Date: January 6, 2021 at 07:56AM Smith, a senior, is the first wide receiver to win college football’s top individual award since 1991.

Author: BY BILLY WITZ AND ALAN BLINDER - Publish Date: January 6, 2021 at 07:34AM Ohio State’s problems have prompted discussions about whether the game against Alabama should be postponed from Jan. 11.

Author: BY BILLY WITZ - Publish Date: January 2, 2021 at 08:20AM Notre Dame never really threatened the Crimson Tide in their College Football Playoff semifinal.

Author: BY ALAN BLINDER - Publish Date: November 26, 2020 at 06:41AM The first rankings are out, and the debates have begun. Here are some talking points about the country’s best teams.

Author: BY JOHN BRANCH - Publish Date: November 6, 2020 at 07:11AM As the Pac-12 Conference prepared to begin its football season this weekend, later than any other major league, Cal had to cancel its game against Washington because a player's positive test for coronavirus left the team without enough eligible athletes.

Author: BY ALAN BLINDER - Publish Date: October 30, 2020 at 08:17AM The quarterback’s test result was announced by Coach Dabo Swinney.