College Football Playoff Bracket Week 7 Live Projections: USF Gets Edge in Group of 5 Throughout Saturday’s slate, Sports Illustrated will give an updated look at the playoff seeding and matchups. Sports Illustrated · Oct 11, 2025
Haynes King’s Relentless Rise Has Georgia Tech Dreaming of the College Football Playoff Growing up as the son of a high school football coach, King has built a tough will to win that revitalized the Yellow Jackets. Sports Illustrated · Oct 9, 2025
Texas Tech system’s vague guidelines on gender identity spur more questions than answers Faculty have spent weeks seeking clarity on new restrictions, which have often been issued by word of mouth. A written Q&A was rescinded. The Texas Tribune · Oct 7, 2025
College Football Playoff Projection After Week 6: Chaos Shakes Up Postseason Picture Preseason favorites Penn State, Clemson and Texas fall out, while Ohio State and Miami make clear claims to the top seeds. Sports Illustrated · Oct 6, 2025
Forde: College Football Playoff Projected Bracket After Week 6 Miami’s body of work gets the nod over Ohio State, while Oregon is close behind and the SEC is well represented. Sports Illustrated · Oct 6, 2025
College Football Playoff Bracket Week 6 Projections: Miami vs. Ohio State for Top Seed After a chaotic Week 6, Sports Illustrated updates how playoff contenders fared and what each major result means to the CFP race. Sports Illustrated · Oct 4, 2025
Former state lawmaker Tommy Williams named interim president of Texas A&M Williams replaces former president Mark A. Welsh III, who resigned amid the fallout over a viral video showing an A&M student confronting a professor over a gender-identity discussion. The Texas Tribune · Oct 3, 2025
What we know about Texas colleges reviewing courses amid push to limit gender identity instruction The federal and state governments want restrictions on recognizing trans and nonbinary people. Here’s how Texas’ higher education leaders are responding. The Texas Tribune · Oct 1, 2025
McCarthyism’s shadow looms over controversial firing of Texas professor who taught about gender identity Texas AM University announced the resignation of its president, Mark A. Welsh III, on Sept. 18, 2025, following a controversial decision earlier in the month to fire a professor over a classroom exchange with a student about gender identity. The Conversation · Sep 30, 2025
Forde-Yard Dash: The Obstacles Notre Dame Has to Clear in Order to Make the CFP Also, rating September’s college football winners and losers: CFP contenders in each conference and who thrived vs. merely survived. Sports Illustrated · Sep 29, 2025
Party Discipline Charlie Kirk defended the First Amendment. Texas betrays it in his defense. Texas Observer · Sep 29, 2025
College Football Playoff Projection After Week 5: Alabama Sends a Warning The Crimson Tide have a legitimate path to the SEC championship game and a CFP first-round bye as the conference puts five in the field. Sports Illustrated · Sep 29, 2025
Forde’s College Football Playoff Projection After Week 5: New No. 1 Team Enters Week 5 delivered enough results to finally get a sense of top teams’ true potential. Here’s how Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde sees the CFP field. Sports Illustrated · Sep 28, 2025
Forde-Yard Dash: Arkansas’s Shameless Bobby Petrino Rebound Likely to Have Same Result After firing Sam Pittman, the Razorbacks doubled down on desperation with their interim coach, but there is another option. Sports Illustrated · Sep 28, 2025
The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2025 Oregon moves to No. 2 behind Buckeyes in AP poll; Rebels, Sooners join top 5; Alabama back in top 10 Oregon has moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll, while Mississippi has its highest ranking since 2015
Sports Illustrated · Sep 28, 2025 Texas A&M Coach Rants at Reporters for Being 'Dreadful and Gloomy' After Win vs. Auburn Texas A&M coach Mike Elko was unhappy with the postgame questions he was asked after beating Auburn.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 28, 2025 College Football Week 5 Winners and Losers: One Top-25 Battle After Another Complaints aside, weekends like this are what make college football great.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 27, 2025 College Football Playoff Bracket Week 5 Projections: Ole Miss Vaults Into Rankings Throughout Saturday’s packed slate, Sports Illustrated will keep you updated on how playoff contenders fare and what each major result means to the CFP race.
The Texas Tribune · Sep 26, 2025 Texas A&M System regents authorize settlement with former president Details of the agreement with Mark A. Welsh III, who resigned as leader of the flagship university on Sept. 19, will not be revealed until it is finalized.
The Texas Tribune · Sep 25, 2025 Angelo State University bans classroom discussions of transgender identities, stirring criticism and confusion Instead of a campus-wide announcement, faculty members say the restrictions have trickled down through department chairs and college meetings.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 25, 2025 SEC Schedule Release: Ranking Each Team's Annual Rivalry Slate by Difficulty At long last, the SEC is moving to a nine-game conference slate, with each team playing three protected rivals each year. We rank each team's annual opponents.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 25, 2025 Ranking the Top SEC Matchups for the 2026 Season The SEC released its full conference schedule for 2026-2029. Here are some of the top matchups for the 2026 season.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 24, 2025 SEC's Four Biggest Missed Opportunities With Reveal of New Annual Rivalry Games The SEC introduced its annual opponents for the next four seasons, but they left out on some highly intriguing matchups.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 23, 2025 College Football Playoff Projection After Week 4: Oklahoma, Indiana Stamp Contender Status Clemson, SMU and Toledo fall out of contention after dismal results, while Ohio State and LSU remain in position for byes.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 22, 2025 SEC Football Schedule Winners and Losers: Auburn Draws Both Powerhouses Tennessee and Florida get easier matchups, while Arkansas and LSU are stuck in an awkward position in the league’s new nine-game conference schedule.