The first College Football Playoff game of the 12-team era starts Friday. Here's the full college football schedule, including how to watch each game:

Texas has a leg up on every other team to win the national championship at +275 (i.e. risking $100 to win $275), and given the setup, that’s the right way to price the futures pool.

The College Football Playoff field has been whittled down to eight teams as we continue moving through the first-ever 12-team bracket. Across New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, those teams remaining will do battle at traditional New Year's Six bowl sites for the right to move on to the semifinals as we inch closer toward crowning a national champion for the 2024 season.

It’s bowl season, which also means it’s bowl pick ’em season. Opt-outs, transfers and coaching decisions make predicting bowl games difficult, but several members of The Athletic ’s college football staff have made picks for every bowl game and the four first-round College Football Playoff games.