College Football Week 8 Winners and Losers: Arch Manning Gets Loose vs. Ole Miss Plus: Big 12 favorites go down, Lincoln Riley struggles in the Midwest and a D-III power makes history. Sports Illustrated · 8h ago
The 15 College Football Games We’re Most Excited to Watch in the Second Half of the Season Though it’s still too early to tell exactly which games will be the most consequential for the College Football Playoff race, these matchups over the next six weeks have caught our attention. Sports Illustrated · Oct 23
50 Names to Watch in 2026 College Football Coaching Carousel The carousel is moving slowly, but that could change in a hurry. From rising stars to established names, these are the coaches who could land bigger jobs. Sports Illustrated · Oct 22
Group of 6 Power Rankings: A Clear Mountain West Favorite Will Be Determined Saturday This weekend’s New Mexico vs. North Dakota State game in Albuquerque is one of the great games of the season in the Group of 6. Sports Illustrated · Oct 22
Buying or Selling 10 High-Profile College Football Quarterbacks in Need of Bounce-Back Games From Arch Manning’s alarming regression to Gunner Stockton’s costly meltdown, 10 quarterbacks face critical tests as the regular season enters its final stretch. Sports Illustrated · Oct 21
Ten Candidates for Maryland Football Coaching Search After Mike Locksley Firing New Mexico’s Jason Eck has won at every level and should be a top candidate to move up into the Power 4 ranks, while the Indiana coordinators also will be in prime position for a call-up. Sports Illustrated · Oct 21
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
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’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
Group of 6 Power Rankings: North Dakota State’s Offense Gets Lost in the Desert Boise State and James Madison dealt with serious upset bids in a shaky week for Group of 6 powers. 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
Ranking Every Power 4 Quarterback at the Halfway Point of the 2026 College Football Season While many of the sport’s best players have risen to the occasion, there’s a new No. 1, a huge drop for Arch Manning and four new entries in the top 10. Sports Illustrated · Oct 14
2026 Week 7 Mountain West College Football Previews Stephen Vilardo previews this week's Mountain West matchups and gives us his game picks. SuperWest Sports · Oct 14
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
Sports Illustrated · Oct 9 Three Matchups That Will Decide Georgia vs. Alabama, Plus 10 Other Can’t Miss Games in Week 6 The cream of the crop in the SEC meets in a potentially tropical storm–impacted Tuscaloosa on Saturday and a few key factors could decide which team grabs the reins.
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?
Sports Illustrated · Oct 5 Forde-Yard Dash: The Seven Things the Best College Football Teams Do Better Than Everyone From protecting the football to winning first down, the sport’s best teams have mastered the details that decide games.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 2 College Football Watchability Guide: One Reason to Watch Each of Week 5’s 10 Best Games From the debut of an $870 million stadium to a Big Ten home crowd on tilt and an SEC quarterback duel, here’s where to fix your eyes—and television screens—this weekend.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 1 Group of 6 College Football Power Rankings: Can Anyone Catch Boise State? The Broncos dispatched of Western Michigan in Week 4, strengthening their position atop the Group of 6. Which teams can still beat them out to make the College Football Playoff?
SuperWest Sports · Sep 30 2026 Week 5 Mountain West College Football Previews Stephen Vilardo previews this week's Mountain Wesst games and gives us his picks straight-up and against the spread.
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.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 25 College Football Week 4 Watchability Guide: Ranking the Deepest Group of 2026 Games So Far We finally have a slate that has you covered all afternoon and evening on Saturday, with six ranked vs. ranked matchups on the docket. Here’s how you should prioritize what to watch.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 25 2027 NFL Draft: The Best Edge Rusher in This Class and Revising Our QB1 Tiers Dylan Stewart needed only 14 snaps to solidify his top spot. Plus, two QBs could overtake Arch Manning and Dante Moore.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 24 Group of 6 Power Rankings: Four Teams Separating Themselves As Playoff Push Heats Up After a shaky outing against an FCS opponent, does Boise State still have a hold on the No. 1 spot?
Sports Illustrated · Sep 23 College Football Week 3 Quarterback Rankings: Stock Up, Stock Down for 12 Key Players Now that trends are starting to develop, here are signal-callers who have vastly exceeded—or wildly underperformed—compared to our preseason expectations.