Decades after igniting the conference realignment fire, the league is in danger of getting burned again.

Vanderbilt Commodores quarterback Diego Pavia called on President Donald Trump to make an executive order to increase the College Football Playoff field.

The 12-team playoff reserves spots for the winners of the sport’s strongest leagues. But if Duke clinches the ACC title, it will likely doom its own conference to an embarrassing postseason shutout.

Explore how USC, UCLA, Cal, and Stanford’s move to the Big Ten and ACC reshapes West Coast college football, recruiting, rivalries, and the future of California sports betting.

The Group of Five is no cakewalk either. Tulane and Navy can reach the American title game by winning out but North Texas can get in if it wins and Navy loses to either Memphis or Army. Tulane was the only Group of Five team in the committee's last rankings, so James Madison needs the Green Wave to lose in order to have a shot at the CFP.

Cal has found sustained success hard to come by, and its ACC move may not help matters. Eakin Howard / The Justin Wilcox era at Cal is over. Cal fired Wilcox on Sunday, one day after a 31-10 loss to Stanford dropped the Golden Bears to 6-5.

The ACC is further expanding its international reach by opening the 2026 season with a conference matchup in Brazil.

If the Hoos can come out on top next weekend, it would go a long way in helping the conference as a whole.

Ole Miss and Alabama were among the teams to rise in the latest College Football Playoff rankings, while Notre Dame fell, the committee announced.