Broadcast partner ESPN is working with the CFP to move its original deadline of Dec. 1 to late January, a source said. The CFP's 10 conference commissioners and Notre Dame's athletics director have been in a stalemate regarding the format of the CFP, which could expand from 12 teams to as many as 24 in the near future.

Due to various NFL and Big Ten football games, multiple News Channel 3 newscasts are scheduled to be preempted or moved Thursday through Sunday.

The college football season begins in August and runs through January 19, 2026 - the date of the second College Football Playoff expanded tournament championship. The primary television carriers are the ESPN networks,

Several College Football Playoff contenders were making a clear case to the committee on the regular season's penultimate week

Oregon-USC may be past history, given that the game is now three days old. But, in the grand scheme of things, it's a victory for CBS.