The 2030 season

Ohio won the national title over Oklahoma, 38-13

College Football Playoff

First Round

Clemson37
Notre Dame24
Oklahoma40
UConn34
Florida State24
Texas A&M27
Kansas State10

Quarterfinals

Clemson45
Oregon13
Oklahoma27
Tennessee17
Texas A&M13
Tulane17

Semifinals

Clemson30
Oklahoma38

National Championship

Oklahoma13

Final AP Top 25

  1. 1Ohio
  2. 2Oklahoma
  3. 3Tennessee
  4. 4Cleveland State
  5. 5Texas A&M
  6. 6Notre Dame
  7. 7Clemson
  8. 8Tulane
  9. 9UConn
  10. 10Florida State
  11. 11Oregon
  12. 12Miami (OH)
  13. 13Kansas State
  14. 14Troy
  15. 15Buffalo
  16. 16FIU
  17. 17Texas
  18. 18Stanford
  19. 19Ball State
  20. 20Florida
  21. 21Western Michigan
  22. 22Air Force
  23. 23Michigan State
  24. 24Miami (FL)
  25. 25Arizona State

Conference champions

ConferenceChampionTitle game
ACCFlorida Statedef. Miami (FL) 37-34
Big 12Cleveland Statedef. Ohio 45-42
Big TenOregondef. Michigan State 34-13
SECTennesseedef. Oklahoma 21-17
Pac-12Fresno Statedef. Stanford 40-27
AACTulanedef. Army 16-10
C-USAFIUdef. Western Kentucky 20-10
MACBall Statedef. Western Michigan 27-24
Mountain WestSan Jose Statedef. UNLV 38-17
Sun BeltTroydef. Marshall 46-13

Award winners

AwardWinnerSchool
HeismanDave ShelleyCleveland State
MaxwellDave ShelleyCleveland State
CampDave ShelleyCleveland State
BednarikDave DarlingWestern Michigan
NagurskiRamon HarveyTennessee
O'BrienDave ShelleyCleveland State
WalkerJohn YbarraOhio
BiletnikoffKeke OdighizuwaMiami (OH)
MackeyCade ScharffMiami (OH)
OutlandGeorge ClementsMiami (FL)
RimingtonJaime NewcombeTexas Tech
LombardiTyree BreezeMississippi State
ButkusEmanuel AlvaradoAlabama
ThorpeNate CavkaCleveland State
GrozaDominiqe BurnsBuffalo
GuyRodney WoodenStanford

Final conference standings · top four

Big 12

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

ACC

  1. Florida State
  2. Miami (FL)
  3. Clemson
  4. North Carolina

Big Ten

  1. Michigan State
  2. Oregon
  3. Indiana
  4. Michigan

SEC

  1. Tennessee
  2. Oklahoma
  3. Texas A&M
  4. Ole Miss

Pac-12

  1. Fresno State
  2. Stanford
  3. California
  4. Boise State

AAC

  1. Tulane
  2. Army
  3. UAB
  4. Tulsa

C-USA

  1. FIU
  2. Western Kentucky
  3. Jacksonville State
  4. Liberty

Independents

  1. UConn
  2. Notre Dame

MAC

  1. Ball State
  2. Western Michigan
  3. Akron
  4. Buffalo

Mountain West

  1. San Jose State
  2. UNLV
  3. Air Force
  4. Nevada

Sun Belt

  1. Marshall
  2. Troy
  3. Arkansas State
  4. Georgia State

All-Americans · first team