College football's newfound parity has been a major talking point through the 2024 season. For a multitude of perfectly sensible reasons, the good teams aren't as good at the power conference level, and some of the bad teams aren't as bad.

College football will have consecutive national champions from outside the Sun Belt region for the first time in three decades if Ohio State beats Texas in a playoff semifinal this week.

There are only three games left in the college football season. That sucks. There's no way around it. If there's a silver lining to that depressing fact, it's that they're College Football Playoff games.

Ohio State's run in the College Football Playoff is filled with meaningful storylines for coach Ryan Day — highlighted by a return to the Cotton Bowl.

As these teams prepare to play in the semifinals and compete for a trip to the national championship game, ESPN updated its official Football Power Index (FPI) gradings. The ESPN FPI is a computer-generated system that calculates win percentage, win probability, strength of schedule and overall team statistics.

It is a blue blood Final Four in the College Football Playoff semifinals. The teams left standing -- 6-seed Penn State, 7-seed Notre Dame, 8-seed Ohio State and 5-seed Texas-- have combined for 20 national championships.

FOX Sports' RJ Young offers up five takeaways from the quarterfinal round of the College Football Playoff and explains why Ohio State is the most dominant team in the field.

Penn State will face Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl, while Ohio State will face Texas in the Cotton Bowl. Winners will meet for the CFP championship.

Paul Finebaum joins "SportsCenter" to preview the College Football Playoff semifinal matchups between Texas and Ohio State and Penn State and Notre Dame.

The ESPN college football personality offered his quick analysis of Notre Dame-Penn State and Ohio State-Texas.