The College Football Playoff begins Friday, and SportsDay’s panel of experts (insiders Lia Assimakopulos and Shawn McFarland and columnists Tim Cowlishaw and Kevin Sherrington) share their insights and predictions ahead of the four first-round games.

After seeing the Oklahoma Sooners blow a 17-0 lead in the first round against Alabama on Friday night in a 34-24 loss, the Longhorns watched as the Texas A&M Aggies had their historic season come to an end in an ugly 10-3 loss at home to the Miami Hurricanes on Saturday afternoon.

In the first meeting between Oklahoma and Alabama, Ty Simpson threw the second-most passing yards of his season at 326. That outing marked the second-most passes of any game, too (42). Despite that, Alabama lost by 23-21 and turned the ball over three times to the Sooners, gifting Oklahoma 17 of its 23 points.

Former Alabama football coach Nick Saban claimed Texas A&M pipes in crowd noise at Kyle Field, with Aggies coach Mike Elko firing back at him

Anderson four-star edge rusher Antwoine Higgins has narrowed his focus to six schools with Pete Golding and the Ole Miss Rebels firmly in the

The Miami Hurricanes earned a hard-fought 10-3 win over the Texas A&M Aggies in the College Football Playoff first round. Here are the highlights.