Texas, Penn State and Clemson were ranked in the preseason top-5 and considered surefire national championship contenders. Then the games started—and they all fell apart.

The Horned Frogs are substantial betting favorites for Saturday’s game against the Mountaineers in Morgantown.

Every so often, NCAA programs have forked over tens of millions of dollars just to fire a football head coach.

New Orleans will host the College Football Playoff National Championship in January 2028, bringing the title game back to the Caesars Superdome and thousands of fans and national media attention along with it.

I just really liked everything about this program,” Leyland said. “I kind of saw the future of not only the football team, but what I wanted to do as well."

"Coach Prime" made some noise by heading to Colorado in December 2022, and he's enjoyed enough success with the Buffaloes to earn an extension. In 2025, he landed a five-year, $54 million contract extension that put him among the highest-paid coaches in the country.

The College Football Playoff announced Wednesday that Caesars Superdome in New Orleans will host the 2028 title game.