After 18 weeks of regular season action, just 14 teams remain standing and are about to embark on a mad dash that each franchise hopes will take them all the way to Santa Clara for Super Bowl LX. As exclusive as this club of playoff teams is,

Retired Alabama coach Nick Saban praised Kalen DeBoer's work with his former program after the Crimson Tide's season ended with a 38-3 Rose Bowl loss to Indiana.

The 2025-26 Africa Cup of Nations is into the knockout stage with the quarterfinals getting underway on Friday, Jan. 9 for the tournament being hosted by Morocco.

College Football Playoff has already provided some unexpected twists and turns, most notably with No. 10 seed Miami pulling an upset of No. 2 seed Ohio State in the quarterfinals. The Hurricanes' stunning dominance of the reigning national champions messed up a lot of brackets.

Fernando Mendoza closed out wins over Oregon, the Ohio State Buckeyes and Penn State Nittany Lions with key second-half throws. He dominated the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Rose Bowl.