Despite two blowout results, the College Football Playoff quarterfinals still delivered from a TV ratings perspective. It was also a historic day for the Rose Bowl. Indiana’s resounding victory over Alabama led the charge on New Year’s Day.

Including this year's crop, we're now up to 48 playoff semifinalists since the CFP's inception in 2014 and with that in mind, we're ranking every College Football Playoff semifinalist from No. 1 to No. 48.

The Peach Bowl is an incredibly charitable bowl game and exists in a special space relative to the other bowls that all know and love. As it is Atlanta-based it shares a city with the College Football Hall of Fame and has created a bit of a universe for itself relative to college football overall.

As for Hockey East teams, six made the rankings this week. Joining Boston College is UConn at No. 10 with 517 points, Maine at No. 12 with 411 points, Northeastern at No. 16 with 231 points, Providence at No. 18 with 157 points, and Boston University at No. 19 with 101 points.

WalletHub ranked over 400 cities based on affordability, social scene, and academic opportunity. These are the top 20 best college towns in the US.

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Community College closed early Monday to conduct repairs to its campus boiler system, the college said in a notice on its website. The college closed at noon. The repairs required the shutdown of the heat in all buildings on the school’s main campus. All on-campus and remote classes, and activities, were canceled for the day.

The Eagles' newest D-line addition marks the eighth player that BC head coach Bill O'Brien has grabbed out of the transfer portal this offseason.

A college education was once seen as the golden ticket to a better job, more money and a better life. But that confidence in the value of a degree has eroded in recent years. Only 15 years ago three-quarters of Americans agreed college was very important, but by this year that figure had fallen to 35 percent.