30TH ANNUAL BEST WRITING CONTEST PRESENTED BY COLLEGEPRESSBOX RESULTS GAME - First Place — Dennis Dodd, CBSSports.com: Michigan clinches College Football Playoff berth, giving Wolverines one more round to prove themselves
- Second Place — James Crepea, The Oregonian
- Third Place — Ivan Maisel, On3.com
- Honorable Mention — Max Olson, The Athletic; Ryan McGee, ESPN.com; Matt Baker, Tampa Bay Times
FEATURE - First Place — Rich Scarcella, Reading Eagle: Adam Taliaferro’s walk at Beaver Stadium 20 years ago remains ‘truly special’
- Second Place — David Ubben, The Athletic
- Third Place — David Hale, ESPN.com
- Honorable Mention — Steve Kornacki, The Kornacki Wolverine Report, Substack.com; David Teel, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Dennis Dodd, CBSSports.com
COLUMN - First Place — Dave Wilson, ESPN.com: The history of college football conference lame ducks, and what it means for Texas and Oklahoma
- Second Place — Mike Griffith, AJC-DawgNation
- Third Place — Ryan McGee, ESPN.com
- Honorable Mention — Drew Davison, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Chris Vannini, The Athletic; Dennis Dodd, CBSSports.com
ENTERPRISE - First Place — Tom Shanahan, TomShanahan.Report: The 1962 Rose Bowl’s 60th anniversary: UCLA’s Black students and players stared down Bear Bryant with Jim Murray’s break from 1960s media customs
- Second Place — Drew Davison, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- Third Place — Audrey Snyder, The Athletic
- Honorable Mention — Chris Vannini, The Athletic; Brent Zwerneman, Houston Chronicle; Matt Fortuna and Pete Sampson, The Athletic
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