The 2037 season

Cleveland State won the national title over Ohio, 56-39

College Football Playoff

First Round

Purdue10
West Virginia28
Virginia24
Liberty28
Notre Dame24
North Texas13

Quarterfinals

Boise State32
West Virginia24
Liberty7
Kentucky27
Florida State6

Semifinals

Kentucky21

National Championship

Final AP Top 25

  1. 1Cleveland State
  2. 2Ohio
  3. 3Miami (OH)
  4. 4Notre Dame
  5. 5Florida State
  6. 6Boise State
  7. 7Kentucky
  8. 8Virginia
  9. 9North Texas
  10. 10West Virginia
  11. 11Buffalo
  12. 12Liberty
  13. 13UConn
  14. 14South Florida
  15. 15Tennessee
  16. 16Purdue
  17. 17Oregon
  18. 18Arkansas State
  19. 19Middle Tennessee
  20. 20LSU
  21. 21Houston
  22. 22Nebraska
  23. 23Troy
  24. 24Ohio State
  25. 25UNLV

Conference champions

ConferenceChampionTitle game
ACCFlorida Statedef. Virginia 48-24
Big 12Miami (OH)def. Cleveland State 63-42
Big TenOregondef. Iowa 23-21
SECKentuckydef. LSU 31-17
Pac-12Boise Statedef. Oregon State 20-17
AACNorth Texasdef. UAB 28-21
C-USALibertydef. Western Kentucky 41-14
MACBuffalodef. Akron 39-37
Mountain WestAir Forcedef. UNLV 20-13
Sun BeltArkansas Statedef. Marshall 31-23

Award winners

Final conference standings · top four

Big 12

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

ACC

  1. Florida State
  2. Virginia
  3. Syracuse
  4. West Virginia

Big Ten

  1. Oregon
  2. Iowa
  3. UCLA
  4. Nebraska

SEC

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

Pac-12

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

AAC

  1. North Texas
  2. UAB
  3. South Florida
  4. Temple

C-USA

  1. Liberty
  2. Western Kentucky
  3. Sam Houston
  4. Middle Tennessee

Independents

  1. Notre Dame
  2. UConn

MAC

  1. Buffalo
  2. Akron
  3. Eastern Michigan
  4. Western Michigan

Mountain West

  1. Air Force
  2. UNLV
  3. Hawai'i
  4. Colorado State

Sun Belt

  1. Arkansas State
  2. Marshall
  3. Old Dominion
  4. Troy

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