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League Almanac

The 2029 season

Ohio won the national title over Cleveland State, 52-36

College Football Playoff

First Round

Stanford38
Notre Dame35
Michigan20
Ohio37
Illinois37
LSU20
Cleveland State51
Oklahoma21

Quarterfinals

Stanford37
UMass13
Oregon21
Ohio40
Illinois13
Georgia59
Miami (OH)42
Cleveland State48

Semifinals

Stanford10
Ohio35
Georgia14
Cleveland State31

National Championship

Ohio52
Cleveland State36

Final AP Top 25

  1. 1Ohio
  2. 2Cleveland State
  3. 3Oregon
  4. 4Georgia
  5. 5Miami (OH)
  6. 6Notre Dame
  7. 7LSU
  8. 8Michigan
  9. 9Miami (FL)
  10. 10Oklahoma
  11. 11Illinois
  12. 12Michigan State
  13. 13Louisiana
  14. 14UMass
  15. 15Stanford
  16. 16Texas State
  17. 17UTEP
  18. 18New Mexico State
  19. 19Arkansas State
  20. 20Iowa State
  21. 21Tulane
  22. 22SMU
  23. 23UCLA
  24. 24Washington
  25. 25NC State

Conference champions

ConferenceChampionTitle game
ACCCincinnatidef. Georgia Tech 27-24
Big 12Miami (OH)def. Cleveland State 34-28
Big TenOregondef. Illinois 30-7
SECGeorgiadef. Oklahoma 52-24
Pac-12Stanforddef. Oregon State 29-24
AACTulanedef. UTSA 24-13
C-USANew Mexico Statedef. UTEP 38-15
MACUMassdef. Buffalo 38-36
Mountain WestUtah Statedef. San Jose State 17-14
Sun BeltOld Dominiondef. Texas State 30-28

Award winners

AwardWinnerSchool
HeismanKeke OdighizuwaMiami (OH)
MaxwellKeke OdighizuwaMiami (OH)
CampCornell TavaresMiami (OH)
BednarikNelson KumarMiami (OH)
NagurskiJosh EasonGeorgia
O'BrienCornell TavaresMiami (OH)
WalkerBaraka NwangwuCleveland State
BiletnikoffKeke OdighizuwaMiami (OH)
MackeyAlani HopeOregon
OutlandGarrison YusafStanford
RimingtonGarrison YusafStanford
LombardiSteve FuentesOle Miss
ButkusNelson KumarMiami (OH)
ThorpeSantiago HuertelouStanford
GrozaErik TeamerGeorgia State
GuyClyde GarrisonEastern Michigan

Final conference standings · top four

Big 12

  1. Miami (OH)
  2. Ohio
  3. Cleveland State
  4. SMU

ACC

  1. Cincinnati
  2. Georgia Tech
  3. NC State
  4. Syracuse

Big Ten

  1. Oregon
  2. Illinois
  3. Michigan State
  4. Wisconsin

SEC

  1. Oklahoma
  2. Georgia
  3. Kentucky
  4. LSU

Pac-12

  1. Stanford
  2. Oregon State
  3. California
  4. Wyoming

AAC

  1. Tulane
  2. UTSA
  3. Memphis
  4. Florida Atlantic

C-USA

  1. New Mexico State
  2. UTEP
  3. Liberty
  4. Louisiana Tech

Independents

  1. Notre Dame
  2. UConn

MAC

  1. UMass
  2. Buffalo
  3. Akron
  4. Central Michigan

Mountain West

  1. San Jose State
  2. Utah State
  3. Colorado State
  4. Hawai'i

Sun Belt

  1. Texas State
  2. Louisiana
  3. Arkansas State
  4. Old Dominion

All-Americans · first team

Offense

Defense

Special Teams