How Jeremiah Smith Became the Greatest Ohio State Receiver The nation’s No. 1 player trusted the Buckeyes’ track record as the best WR factory. Now he may be the top wideout they have ever produced. Sports Illustrated · Sep 1
Forde-Yard Dash: 10 Coordinator Hires Who Could Make or Break Their Teams Gary Patterson and Bobby Petrino already dove straight in with Week Zero wins, while a number of high-profile assistants could be key to many teams’ fortunes. Sports Illustrated · Aug 31
Pat Forde: College Football Playoff Projected Bracket After Week Zero Between a limited Week Zero schedule and preseason expectations, here is an early look at the 12-team playoff field. Sports Illustrated · Aug 30
Forde-Yard Dash: Gauging College Football’s 10 Biggest 2026 Pressure Points From LSU’s all-in gamble to Kalen DeBoer’s warming seat, these are the people and programs with the most at stake this season. Sports Illustrated · Aug 30
Our 2026 College Football Crystal Ball Has Some Surprises Who will win it all? SI’s experts predict the conference champions, Heisman winner, coaching moves, biggest surprise and more. Sports Illustrated · Aug 27
College Football 2026 Superlatives: Most Improved, Most Overhyped and More From those most likely to succeed on the field to the most meme-able figure in the game, SI hands out 15 awards going into the new season. Sports Illustrated · Aug 27
Chris Henry Jr. Is a Freshman in Name Only—and That’s the Way He Likes It The Ohio State wide receiver has no intention of fading into the background in year one. Sports Illustrated · Aug 26
Bryce Underwood Learned the Pursuit of Greatness from His Parents, Joe Burrow and ‘Fixer Upper’ SI caught up with the Michigan quarterback ahead of his sophomore year. Sports Illustrated · Aug 26
The 2026 Heisman Trophy Race Has Seven Names You Need to Know One of the most dominant players in college football is a wide receiver. Could this be the season a non-quarterback wins the coveted award? Sports Illustrated · Aug 26
Sports Illustrated’s 2026 College Football Preseason All-Americans Some are already household names. Others are poised to become them. These are the players we expect to define the season. Sports Illustrated · Aug 26
They Might Not All Be Title Contenders, But These 25 College Football Teams Are Must Watch Star power, drama, unpredictability and tradition all factor into our ranking of the 25 teams most worth watching this season. Sports Illustrated · Aug 25
Predicting Where ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ Will Head for Each Week of 2026 Football Season ESPN’s barnstorming college football show will begin its season in Baton Rouge for Lane Kiffin’s LSU debut. Here are Sports Illustrated’s predictions for where it will travel every week this fall. Sports Illustrated · Aug 24
College Football 2026 Schedule: Ranking Every Single Week of the Regular Season Not every college football Saturday is built the same. Here are the weeks you absolutely can’t miss, and the others where you can probably make some other plans. Sports Illustrated · Aug 24
10 College Football Games You Can’t Miss in 2026 A rematch of title contenders, a viciously brewing rivalry and the points in the schedule that could make or break a few teams’ seasons. Sports Illustrated · Aug 24
Sports Illustrated · Aug 23 Notre Dame Slips in College Football National Championship Prediction Market on Kalshi Kalshi has dropped Notre Dame's National Championship price since the market opened.
Sports Illustrated · Aug 21 Big Ten vs SEC: Kalshi Weighs Who Will Win College Football National Championship Kalshi's CFB National Championship market slightly leans on the Big Ten to win the National Championship over the SEC.
Sports Illustrated · Aug 21 SI’s 2027 NFL Mock Draft 1.0 Includes Six QBs in the First Round A familiar name sits atop Gilberto Manzano’s initial predictions, but there are plenty of blue-chip prospects available.
Sports Illustrated · Aug 20 Pat Forde: The 25 Most Intriguing College Football Non-QB Players for 2026 The quarterbacks already got their shine, and this list of the best of the rest on the field truly has it all: a possible No. 1 draft pick, a hay bale toss champ and a player whose middle name is “ESPN.”
Sports Illustrated · Aug 19 College Football AP Ranking vs Kalshi Prediction Market: A Side-by-Side Comparison Kalshi leans on Ohio State and Notre Dame as favorites to win the National Championship. Ohio State is the preseason No. 1 ranked team.
Sports Illustrated · Aug 18 Pat Forde: Forty Observations on the 2026 College Football Schedule Everything you need to know about the quirks of the season from easiest months, a monster slate in November, improvements in consecutive road games and open-date disadvantages and more.
The Independent UK · Aug 17 Ohio State and Oregon are 1-2 in the AP preseason Top 25, SEC leads conferences with 9 ranked teams Ohio State and Oregon give the Big Ten Conference the top two teams in The Associated Press Top 25 preseason rankings for the first time in 65 years
Sports Illustrated · Aug 16 Ohio State Tops College Football No. 1 Ranking Market on Kalshi Kalshi heavily favors Ohio State to be ranked the no. 1 team in the country during the 2026-27 college football season.
Sports Illustrated · Aug 13 Pat Forde: The 25 Most Intriguing College Football Quarterbacks for 2026 A controversial in-conference move, a famous name looking to take a leap and a signal-caller with another year of eligibility top our list.
SuperWest Sports · Aug 13 2026 Preseason Big Ten Football Previews and Predictions The league that owns the last three national championships could have as many as four teams that could make it four in a row.
Sports Illustrated · Aug 12 Sports Illustrated’s College Football Top 25 Preseason Rankings: One Bold Prediction for Every Team With two weeks to go until the 2026 season begins, here are SI’s rankings and projections.