Penn State playing (7) Notre Dame in the Capital One Orange Bowl. This is the first of two games that will decide the College Football Championship game on January 20th. I’m not sure how many people saw Penn State and Notre Dame one step away from the Championship game.

The College Football Playoff field has been whittled down to eight teams as we continue moving through the first-ever 12-team bracket. Across New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, those teams remaining will do battle at traditional New Year's Six bowl sites for the right to move on to the semifinals as we inch closer toward crowning a national champion for the 2024 season.

College football's bowl schedule continues on with three CFP quarterfinal games on New Year's Day. Check out the scores from today's action here:

The College Football Playoff field has been narrowed to four teams, with (6) Penn State, (7) Notre Dame, (5) Texas, and (8) Ohio State remaining in the national title hunt. The Nittany Lions defeated (3) Boise State in the first quarterfinal game on New Year's Eve to set up a date with the Fighting Irish in the Orange Bowl on Thursday.

Penn State and Notre Dame entered this season with a combined zero College Football Playoff victories. Now, the two programs are on the doorstep of the national championship game. The No. 6-seeded Nittany Lions and No.

The College Football Playoff semifinals are almost here. We started with 12, and there are now just four teams remaining in the hunt for the national championship: five seed Texas, six seed Penn State,