Boo Corrigan, NC State AD, named chairman of CFP committee
Get ready to see NC State director of athletics Boo Corrigan on ESPN quite a bit this upcoming college football season.
That’s because Corrigan will be the chair of the College Football Playoff Management Committee, which ranks the teams in the official top 25 that determines who participates in the four-team playoff and in some cases who receives bids in the coveted New Year’s Six bowls.
Corrigan just served his first year on the committee. He will be replacing Iowa AD Gary Barta, who has served at the chair for the past two seasons.
“I thoroughly enjoyed my first year on the committee,” Corrigan said in a prepared statement. “It was a privilege to serve alongside the other members. I’m honored to be asked to serve as committee chair and look forward to working with an outstanding group of individuals who are deeply committed to college football.”
Corrigan is in his third season at the helm as NC State AD, having replaced Debbie Yow in 2019. He helped navigate the Wolfpack through the COVID-19 year without a budget shortfall, and last season NC State finished 23rd in the Learfield Directors’ Cup standings, its second-highest placement in program history.
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It is ranked 16th in the Directors’ Cup after the fall, largely on the strength of women’s cross country winning the department’s first NCAA title since the famous 1983 Cardiac Pack men’s basketball squad prevailed in the NCAA Tournament.
More Directors’ Cup points are likely coming, with both women’s basketball and women’s swimming and diving currently ranked No. 3 in the polls, while men’s swimming and diving and wrestling both check in at No. 5.
The women’s tennis team is No. 8, fresh off a Final Four appearance last summer, and last week won a dual match against No. 10 Ohio State.
Boo Corrigan also recently announced a $15-million renovation of NC State’s Doak Field for the baseball program that is coming off a College World Series appearance and receiving preseason top-10 rankings.
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