ESPN is the official broadcast partner of the College Football Playoff. They have been one of its primary cheerleaders for the entirety of its existence, and their influence helped grow the conversation from the two-team BCS Championship to the four-team playoff,

ESPN's coverage of the first round of the College Football Playoff was embarrassing. Several key fixtures in the sport were nothing more than shills for the SEC

Texas heads into the second round as the predicted winner of the national championship with ESPN's FPI giving the Longhorns a 27.2% chance to win the title trophy. Texas heads into the matchup against Arizona State as a 14-point favorite, per ESPN BET, despite the Sun Devils holding the higher seed.