2026 Week 8 Power Rankings for CFB Teams in the West Dane Miller looks at how the top programs in the region stack up in his 2026 Preseason Power Rankings for CFB teams in the West. SuperWest Sports · Oct 19
College Football Playoff and Bowl Projections After Week 7: Title Game Rematch on Tap BYU vaults to the No. 1 playoff seed, while the bowl games see Bill Belichick’s North Carolina in the Mayo Bowl and North Dakota State’s FBS postseason debut. Sports Illustrated · Oct 18
AP Top 25 live updates: A historic shake-up could be coming after 5 of the top 7 teams lose College football has never seen a Saturday like this The Independent UK · Oct 18
College Football Has a One-Second Problem Again. This Time It Happened in the Big 12 College football's pesky one-second problem reared its ugly head once again at the end of a hard-fought top-10 battle won by BYU over Notre Dame. Sports Illustrated · Oct 18
Projecting AP Top 25 After College Football Week 7: SEC Hangover Comes for Georgia, BYU Cougars Roar Five of the top seven teams lost in Week 7. After the dust settled, here’s what we think the AP Top 25 poll will look like. Sports Illustrated · Oct 18
College Football Playoff Eliminator: How the 2026 Season Would Look in a 24-Team Field If the expanded playoff was implemented this season, 26 more teams would be alive going into Week 7 than in the current setup with two-thirds coming from the Power 4. Sports Illustrated · Oct 17
Pat Forde: CFP, ESPN Reach Handshake Deal for 24-Team Playoff, and Fans Will Pay the Price ESPN and the CFP are finalizing a deal to double the size of the playoff. The sport’s diehards will be asked to foot the bill. Sports Illustrated · Oct 16
College Football’s Coaching Carousel Is Quiet at Midseason. Here’s What We’re Hearing. Mike Norvell’s decision that cost Florida State a win puts him back on the hot seat, while Maryland-Rutgers this week could be pivotal. Sports Illustrated · Oct 16
Nick Bartlett’s 2026 Week 7 Fearless Predictions Nick Bartlett looks at some factors that could affect the outcome of some of the regional contests this weekend. SuperWest Sports · Oct 16
Sports Illustrated’s 2026 College Football Midseason All-Americans As we hit mid-October, these 54 college stars stand above the rest. Sports Illustrated · Oct 15
2026 Week 7 Top Big 12 College Football Storylines Dane Miller analyzes the current state of Big 12 Conference football and some key games heading into the weekend. SuperWest Sports · Oct 15
College Football Playoff Eliminator After Week 6: More Than Half of All Teams Out of the Running The ACC and Big 12 took big hits in Week 6, and the Group of 6 bid is down to a dozen viable contenders. Sports Illustrated · Oct 13
Forde-Yard Dash: Five College Football Week 7 Games With Massive Stakes for Home Team Ohio State–Indiana and Notre Dame–BYU headline a consequential weekend that could reshape the landscape. Sports Illustrated · Oct 13
Forde-Yard Dash: We Relegated Six Power-Conference Teams. Here’s Who Got Demoted. What if college football adopted European soccer’s promotion-and-relegation system? The Dash used conference records to redraw the pecking order. Sports Illustrated · Oct 12
SuperWest Sports · Oct 12 2026 Week 7 Power Rankings for CFB Teams in the West Dane Miller looks at how the top programs in the region stack up in his 2026 Preseason Power Rankings for CFB teams in the West.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 8 Group of 6 Power Rankings: A String of Upsets Leads to an Overhauled Top 10 After suffering their first losses of the season, are USF and UMass still top-10 G6 programs entering Week 6?
SuperWest Sports · Oct 8 2026 Week 6 Top Big 12 College Football Storylines Dane Miller analyzes the current state of Big 12 Conference football and some key games heading into the weekend.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 7 Ranking the Top 10 Returning College Football Quarterbacks Through Week 5 Julian Sayin has been nearly unstoppable, but Georgia’s Gunner Stockton and Notre Dame’s CJ Carr are closing the gap as the season nears its midpoint.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 6 College Football Playoff Eliminator: One Conference Completely Out of Contention After Week 5 Plus, the Big 12 had its first teams exit the playoff picture and five other Power 4 teams said goodbye to their chances.
SuperWest Sports · Oct 6 McLaughlin: Why the Big 12 Race Remains Wide Open The Big 12 landscape remains wide open as Texas Tech struggles, and BYU appears less dominant than earlier in the season.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 4 Projecting AP Top 25 After College Football Week 5: After Riding High, Gators Ambushed By Tigers How far will Florida fall after losing to Missouri? Will Alabama rise after thumping Mississippi State? Here's what the AP Top 25 poll could look like after Week 5.
SuperWest Sports · Oct 1 2026 Week 5 Top Big 12 College Football Storylines Dane Miller analyzes the current state of Big 12 Conference football and some key games heading into the weekend.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 29 College Football Playoff Eliminator: All Big 12 Teams Still Alive for a Bid After Week 4 Four Power 4 teams were eliminated after a feisty slate of games, while the Group of 6 picture continues to whittle down to the top contenders.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 28 Forde-Yard Dash: Six Bold Predictions for College Football in October Notre Dame and Miami are headed for a top-ranked showdown, Oregon and Oklahoma will face quarterback controversies and Coach Prime may consider hanging up his whistle.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 28 Forde-Yard Dash: The Best, Worst and Weirdest of College Football in September Texas is rolling, Jeremiah Smith looks unstoppable and LSU remains committed to making things weird. Here’s what we learned in the first month of the season.