SEC shakeup: Georgia, Alabama and Texas lose on the same Saturday for the first time since 1996 It was Shakeup Saturday in the Southeastern Conference The Independent UK · Oct 18
What to Know About Ohio State’s Backup Quarterback After Julian Sayin Injury With Sayin expected to miss several weeks due to a right shoulder injury, who will the Buckeyes turn to under center? Sports Illustrated · Oct 17
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
College Football Playoff Bracket Week 7 Live Projections: Georgia Knocked Out of Top Seed Throughout Saturday’s games, Sports Illustrated projects the playoff seeding and matchups. 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
Bold Predictions for the Second Half of the 2026 College Football Season Two unexpected teams will make the College Football Playoff, Miami–Notre Dame will have a familiar feel and Jeremiah Smith will not win the Heisman. Sports Illustrated · Oct 16
The 24 Worst Teams That Would Have Made the College Football Playoff in New 24-Team Format Concern is mounting about how the new structure will dilute the caliber of teams playing for a national championship. 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
The End of the 12-Team College Football Playoff Is Near: Looking Forward, Looking Backward Hope you didn’t get too attached to the 2024 system, with a 24-team playoff set to take its place beginning in 2027. Sports Illustrated · Oct 15
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
Ohio State vs. Indiana Kalshi Prediction Market: Buckeyes Heavy Road Favorites Kalshi leans on Ohio State on the road against Indiana in Week 7 college football. Sports Illustrated · Oct 15
2026 Week 7 Selected Big Ten College Football Previews Stephen Vilardo previews six of the Week's Big Ten College football games and gives us his game predictions. SuperWest Sports · Oct 15
Heisman Race Midseason Check-in: Separating Contenders From Pretenders After Week 6 As we approach the midseason mark of the college football season, which stars have legitimate cases to win the nation’s most prestigious award, and which are on the outside looking in? Sports Illustrated · Oct 14
Sports Illustrated · Oct 13 Kirby Smart's Curt Cignetti Comment Is the Latest Jab in the Big Ten-SEC Cold War College football’s powers continue to circle each other in verbal warfare like boxers years before a prize fight.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 13 Predicting When College Football’s Nine Undefeated Teams Will Lose Their First Game From James Madison to Indiana, here’s when college football’s remaining undefeated teams could take a loss for the first time.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 13 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 12 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 Forde-Yard Dash: College Football’s Nine Biggest Busts at Midseason From a preseason national title favorite to high-profile SEC programs, several teams have turned promising seasons into uphill battles.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 11 Forde-Yard Dash: Five-Star QBs Are Struggling, While the Underdogs Are Thriving Arch Manning and other elite recruits aren’t meeting expectations, while Josh Hoover, Darian Mensah and a collection of unlikely stars are rewriting the quarterback pecking order.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 11 Projecting AP Top 25 After College Football Week 6: Oklahoma Stuns Texas, and a New No. 1 Emerges The Sooners upset the top-ranked Longhorns and Georgia scored a road win at Alabama. How will the AP Top 25 rankings reflect these results?
Sports Illustrated · Oct 9 SEC vs Big Ten: Kalshi Gives Big Edge to SEC in College Football National Championship Market Kalshi's National Championship market lists the SEC as the favorites to win over the Big Ten.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 9 2027 NFL Draft: USC Quarterback Jayden Maiava Reveals the Secret to His Accuracy Playing Podagee horseshoes has helped him pinpoint targets. Plus, which prospects are rising or falling, and which games could impact the draft.
SuperWest Sports · Oct 8 2026 Week 6 Selected Big Ten College Football Previews Stephen Vilardo previews six of the Week's Big Ten College football games and gives us his game predictions.