SI’s 2027 NFL Mock Draft 2.0 Includes Seven QBs in the First Round Slow starts have preseason playoff contenders like the Texans, Buccaneers and Chargers in the top 10 of the current draft order. Sports Illustrated · Sep 23
College Football Playoff Eliminator: Which Teams Are Out or Alive for a Berth After Week 3 Two Power 4 programs—both in the ACC—were ousted from contention, while the Group of 6 thinned its ranks vying for its automatic berth. Sports Illustrated · Sep 22
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
Pat Forde: College Football Playoff Projected Bracket After Week 3 Ole Miss’s win over LSU vaults the Rebels to the No. 1 seed through Saturday’s games. Sports Illustrated · Sep 21
College Football Playoff and Bowl Projections After Week 3: North Carolina Into Postseason The Tar Heels are one of several new teams in the mix, while Louisville confirmed it is a CFP contender by beating SMU. Sports Illustrated · Sep 20
North Carolina’s Investigation Is Over. Bill Belichick’s On-Field Problems Aren’t. A day after UNC closed the investigation that led to the ouster of general manager Michael Lombardi and defensive coordinator Steve Belichick, the Tar Heels suffered an ugly loss at Clemson. Sports Illustrated · Sep 20
Projecting AP Top 25 After College Football Week 3: Ole Miss Serves LSU Revenge, Texas A&M Stumbles What will the AP Top 25 poll look like after a week that saw Ole Miss edge Lane Kiffin’s LSU Tigers and No. 9 Texas A&M falter? Sports Illustrated · Sep 20
Wisconsin Coach Luke Fickell to Be Fired Market on Kalshi is Rising Kalshi lists Luke Fickell as one of the favorites to be the next college football coach fired. Sports Illustrated · Sep 19
Ranking the Top 10 Quarterbacks in College Football Through Two Weeks From big-game performers to fast risers, this group of signal-callers has defined the early stages of the 2026 season. Sports Illustrated · Sep 16
Heisman Watch: How Texas’s Dramatic Comeback Shakes Up Race After Week 2 Jeremiah Smith dominated the first half, Arch Manning led the Longhorns back and Miami’s Heisman hopeful duo kept cruising. Sports Illustrated · Sep 16
Forde-Yard Dash: Six Embattled College Football Coaches on the Hot Seat Already Mike Norvell’s enormous buyout at Florida State is no longer enough to keep his job safe, while others enter Week 3 with plenty at stake. Sports Illustrated · Sep 15
Forde-Yard Dash: The SEC Is Back on Top of College Football’s Power Rankings Texas’s comeback over Ohio State and Mississippi State’s rout of Minnesota helped push the SEC past the Big Ten, which is struggling against Power 4 opponents. Sports Illustrated · Sep 14
Forde-Yard Dash: Three Major Problems That Could Derail These Power Teams Ohio State, Oregon and Oklahoma all found spectacular new ways to lose, raising serious questions about each program’s expectations and path forward. Sports Illustrated · Sep 13
Pat Forde: College Football Playoff Projected Bracket After Week 2 In the early part of the season, a team won’t be ranked if it hasn’t played a power-conference opponent yet. Sports Illustrated · Sep 13
Sports Illustrated · Sep 13 College Football Playoff and Bowl Projections After Week 2: Making Sense of the Chaos Oklahoma State is back in the postseason mix, while the CFP top seed belongs to the team with the biggest win of the weekend: Texas.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 13 Projecting AP Top 25 After College Football Week 2: Texas Stuns Ohio State, and There’s a New No. 1 After a week in which multiple high-profile teams were upset, here’s how we believe the AP Top 25 poll should look.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 12 College Football Playoff Bracket Week 2 Live Projections: Texas Soars to No. 1 Seed Through Saturday’s games, Sports Illustrated projects the playoff seeding and matchups.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 10 Group of 6 Power Rankings: What Boise State, Western Michigan’s Dramatic Week 1 Losses Mean for CFP Race After one week of FBS action, which G6 programs lead the pack for the automatic College Football Playoff bid?
Sports Illustrated · Sep 9 Heisman Watch: Whose Stock Is Falling, and Who Burst Onto the Scene in Week 1 Pitt quarterback Mason Heintschel threw seven touchdowns, Georgia running back Nate Frazier ripped off a string of long TD runs and more players to watch.
The Guardian - US · Sep 9 NFL 2026 season predictions: which teams can bring down the Rams juggernaut? The new season kicks off on Wednesday night. Our writers have their say on the MVP, rookies to watch and the disasters waiting to happen
Sports Illustrated · Sep 7 Forde-Yard Dash: Michigan’s Bail Mary Exposes College Football’s Credibility Crisis The Big Ten’s explanation only raised more questions, and the real problem goes beyond Michigan, replay officials and one inexplicable second.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 7 Pat Forde: College Football Playoff Projected Bracket After Week 1 With the season in full swing, only the results at hand will be considered and preseason projections are out the window.
The Times of India · Sep 7 At 16, an Indiana girl earned 5 cents a day working at a café; her family later bought it South Bend's Sunny Italy Cafe, established in 1926, is celebrating its centennial anniversary. This historic eatery has remained under family ownership for a full century. The restaurant is renowned for its authentic, scratch-made Italian dishes and traditional recipes. Generations of Notre Dame students and local residents have frequented the establishment.…
Sports Illustrated · Sep 7 Is This the Year Two Wide Receivers Are Heisman Trophy Finalists? Miami’s Malachi Toney and Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith might be making the previously unthinkable a possibility when it comes to the Heisman race.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 7 College Football Playoff and Bowl Projections After Week 1: Notre Dame Remains Top Team The first full weekend of the season is nearly over, and Sports Illustrated has updated its projections for every postseason game.