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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 · 9h ago

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 · 14h ago

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

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

Kirby Smart Conquered Alabama as Georgia Reclaimed Its Place Atop the SEC and the National Title Chase

The Bulldogs coach finally beat the Crimson Tide in a regular-season game, and Georgia emerged as the league’s lone undefeated team and a favorite to make another championship run.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 11

Steve Sarkisian Has to Find a Fix Fast After Texas’s Costly Loss to Oklahoma

For all the talent and money invested in their roster, the Longhorns looked nothing like a national title contender against their biggest rival who was facing questions of its own.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 11

College Football Playoff Bracket Week 6 Live Projections: Georgia Claims Top Seed

Through Saturday’s games, Sports Illustrated projects the playoff seeding and matchups.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 10

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 29

Oregon’s Season Was on the Brink. How Everything Changed for Worse, Then Better Against USC.

The Ducks lost quarterback Dante Moore to a frightening injury, then rallied behind Dylan Raiola to stun USC and resurrect their College Football Playoff hopes.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 27

Forde-Yard Dash: 10 College Football Teams Whose Flaws Are Impossible to Hide

The pretenders are running out of places to hide, with Texas A&M, USC and Arkansas among the teams facing harsh reality checks as power-conference competition intensifies.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 21