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Oklahoma’s path to playoff was built on aggressive defense
Brent Venables is in his fourth season as Oklahoma's head coach, and this version of the Sooners is very different from those who previously reached the College Football Playoff.

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Texas A&M not taking long-awaited playoff opportunity for granted
Texas A&M is in the College Football Playoff for the first time, a huge step for the Aggies after years of coming up short.

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Georgia cancels home-and-home series with pair of ACC programs
Two-time reigning SEC football champion Georgia won't be playing scheduled home-and-home series against ACC members Louisville and North Carolina State.

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Vols closing in on Jim Knowles as defensive coordinator
Tennessee appears to be wasting little time in hiring a defensive coordinator.

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Diego Pavia’s long trip to Heisman finalist takes Vanderbilt to new places
Sure, Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea can tick off all the statistics Diego Pavia piled up while leading the Commodores to their best football season ever.

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Vanderbilt’s Clark Lea repeats as top coach in All-SEC recognition
Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea and quarterback Diego Pavia were joined by Texas A&M defensive end Cashius Howell in winning the SEC's top individual football honors for 2025.

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Billy Napier hopes to build on James Madison’s playoff moment
Billy Napier will be watching 12th-seeded James Madison's College Football Playoff game against No. 5 Oregon with an eye toward the future.

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Calhoun’s Speer sets the tone as Georgia wins third SEC title in four seasons
ATLANTA — It had to end at some point, right?

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DeBoer taking Tide to Saban’s home away from home
Alabama's absence from the Southeastern Conference championship game following the retirement of Nick Saban lasted one whopping year.

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Ex-SEC commissioner Roy Kramer, whose vision paved the way for college football playoffs, dies
Roy Kramer, the onetime football coach who became an athletic director at Vanderbilt, then, eventually, commissioner of the Southeastern Conference where he set the template for the multibillion-dollar business college sports would become, died Thursday.
