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 24
Previewing the Top 2026 Week 4 Pac-12 Football Games Nick Bartlett highlights the top four Pac-12 Conference football matchups involving conference teams this weekend. SuperWest Sports · Sep 23
Nick Bartlett’s 2026 Week 3 Fearless Predictions Nick Bartlett looks at some factors that could affect the outcome of the tio regional contests this weekend. SuperWest Sports · Sep 18
Group of 6 Power Rankings: How Oregon’s Loss Impacts G6 College Football Playoff Race Three new teams enter our top 10 after strong Week 2 performances. Sports Illustrated · Sep 17
Previewing the Top 2026 Week 3 Pac-12 Football Games Nick Bartlett highlights the top four Pac-12 Conference football matchups involving conference teams this weekend. SuperWest Sports · Sep 16
College Fantasy Football Stars to Start, Sit in Week 1 From Each Power 4 League We evaluate the Week 1 matchups for 24 major players across college football’s power conferences. Sports Illustrated · Sep 3
Indiana Created a New College Football Blueprint. How Will the Sport Respond? The Hoosiers’ improbable run showed that alignment, investment and the right coach can turn almost any program into a contender. Sports Illustrated · Sep 3
Inside the Mind of Curt Cignetti, College Football’s Most Relentless Winner Over 15 years, across four levels of college football, all he has done is win. Now, after a natty at Indiana, he won’t alter the script. Sports Illustrated · Sep 2
One Number That Sums Up Every Big Ten Team in 2026 At least three genuine national title contenders will duke it out for “Midwestern” glory. Sports Illustrated · Aug 11
ESPN Floats 20-Team College Football Playoff With Four Play-in Games. Here’s How It Might Look. The Big Ten reportedly doesn’t support the format, but it would push closer to the league’s desire for 24 teams. Sports Illustrated · Aug 10
NCAA Set to Change Unpopular Football Rule Just in Time for North Dakota State’s FBS Jump A provision that has flummoxed teams for years is reportedly on its way out the door. Sports Illustrated · Jun 24
Biggest Questions for the Selection Committee for Women’s March Madness Bracket Should UConn or UCLA be the No. 1 overall seed? How do the No. 2 seeds shake out? Plus, who should be worried after conference tournaments and more in this week’s roundtable. Sports Illustrated · Mar 12
SI:AM | Indiana Completes Storybook Season With Thrilling Win Over Miami The Hoosiers were the biggest laughingstock in college football for more than a century. Now they’re national champions. Sports Illustrated · Jan 20
The CFP Defensive Showdown Has Familiarity for Coordinators Finally on Biggest Stage Miami’s Corey Hetherman and Indiana’s Bryant Haines worked together on Curt Cignetti’s James Madison staff. Now, they face off with a title on the line. Sports Illustrated · Jan 17
Sports Illustrated · Jan 16 Six Indiana Players Who Could Swing the CFP National Championship Game The Hoosiers are one win away from their first title and an unbeaten season. To do that, they will need contributions from across the roster.
Sports Illustrated · Jan 12 No, Indiana Is Not Cheating: ‘There’s Nothing Suspicious About Winning Up Front’ Baseless claims the Hoosiers had nefarious access to Oregon’s game plan popped up after the Peach Bowl. Here’s what actually happened.
Sports Illustrated · Jan 8 Dreadful No More, Curt Cignetti Has Turned Indiana Into a Bona Fide Football School For decades, nothing seemed to work to make the Hoosiers successful—until a coach whose catchphrase is “Google me” came to Bloomington.
Sports Illustrated · Jan 6 One Thing Indiana Does Better Than Any Other College Football Team Has Led It to 14–0 The Hoosiers have been unbeatable because they are the most mistake-proof program in the country, mastering the fundamental tenets of football.
The Independent UK · Jan 1 Oregon advances to semifinals, where it looks for offense and defense to click on same day If the offense from Week 1 of the playoffs and the defense from Week 2 show up for Oregon in the national semifinals, these Ducks could be dangerous
Sports Illustrated · Dec 27, 2025 How Big Ten Has Fared in 2025 College Football Bowl Games: Record and Full Schedule The Big Ten sent 12 of its 18 programs to the postseason in 2025.
Sports Illustrated · Dec 26, 2025 James Madison Star QB Alonza Barnett III to Enter Transfer Portal The Dukes quarterback led the program to the College Football Playoff.
Sports Illustrated · Dec 22, 2025 Curt Cignetti Led Indiana to Impossible Success and Closure for Bob Knight The Hoosiers’ historic football run is helping the school reconcile a complicated past tied to its most polarizing coach.
Sports Illustrated · Dec 21, 2025 Think Blowouts Make the College Football Playoff a Joke? It May Be Selective Memory Tulane and James Madison’s admission to the 12-team bracket—and subsequent elimination—were unfairly scrutinized while past playoff results were ignored.
Sports Illustrated · Dec 18, 2025 Ranking Which 2025 College Football Playoff Teams Need a National Championship the Most From playoff debutantes to perennial powerhouses, here’s how badly each of the programs in this year’s postseason field need to hoist a trophy.
Sports Illustrated · Dec 18, 2025 Joel Klatt Admits His March Madness Take Was ‘Terrible’ While Arguing About CFP “The NCAA basketball tournament is a joke,” Klatt said earlier this week, after claiming “no one cares about James Madison” in the College Football Playoff.