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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

SEC Football Is No Longer Untouchable

Once unstoppable, the league now faces tough questions and dwindling confidence as the Big Ten rises to power.

Sports Illustrated

College-reform bill could generate extra billions by allowing conferences to pool their TV rights

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash

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Forde-Yard Dash: College Football Coaching Reality Checks, Including James Franklin

Week 5 brought painful wake-up calls for a handful of prominent coaches like Lincoln Riley, Brian Kelly and Kirby Smart who need to turn their seasons around fast.

Sports Illustrated

Seven Best College Football Games to Watch in Week 5: Oregon–Penn State Is Clash of Titans

Two of the Big Ten’s best will seek to cement their status as national championship favorites. Plus, a pair of ranked SEC battles and a busy Friday night.

Sports Illustrated

Tony Petitti’s Power Move Failed, but CFP Expansion Drama Is Likely Far From Over

The conference’s ill-fated proposals show why college football must resist playoff expansion beyond 16 teams with multiple automatic berths per league.

Sports Illustrated

Big Ten Expansion History: Looking Back at Every Major Change to the Conference

Here's how a Midwestern identity symbol became a massive sports enterprise.

Sports Illustrated

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Top 10 Contenders for 2025–26 Men’s College Basketball National Player of the Year

Veteran stars like Braden Smith and JT Toppin will try to hold off elite newcomers such as Cameron Boozer and Darryn Peterson.

Sports Illustrated

Forde-Yard Dash: Four Big Ten Showdowns Will Separate CFP Contenders From Pretenders

The SEC also has a pair of monster games on tap, while the Big 12 revolves around the state of Arizona and the ACC faces a trap weekend.

Sports Illustrated

Nick Bartlett’s 2025 Week 4 SuperWest Fearless Predictions

Our Nick Bartlett gives us his light-hearted game predictions with his trademark humor and offbeat perspective.

SuperWest Sports

Big Ten to Expand Conference Men's Hoops Tournament to 18 Teams This Season

The Big Ten will stage its largest basketball bonanza ever.

Sports Illustrated

Week 4 Big Ten Previews: Trojans Set to Spar with Spartans

Conference play kicks off in earnest in the Big Ten this week with five conference games, including a couple of huge ones.

SuperWest Sports

Ten Candidates for UCLA Football Coaching Search

After two uneven seasons, the Bruins need someone to inject life into the program, such as Deion Sanders, P.J. Fleck or Dan Mullen.

Sports Illustrated

Week 3 Big Ten Previews: Trojans Ready to Roll Purdue

The Big Ten conference schedule gets underway with a pair of games this week, both involving a West Coast school heading east.

SuperWest Sports

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Forde-Yard Dash: College Football’s Power Shift in Big Ten Wallets vs. SEC Tradition

As NIL reshapes the landscape, the Big Ten’s deep-pocketed donors may be replacing the SEC’s geographic advantage.

SuperWest Sports

Week 2 Big Ten Previews: Ducks Look to Silence Cowboys

This week sees five matchups between the Big Ten and other Power Conference programs, including another showdown with the SEC,

Sports Illustrated

Forde-Yard Dash: Assessing CFP Strength By Conference

Strength of schedule will be paramount this season, and the Big Ten edged out the SEC after Week 1.

Sports Illustrated

Predicting Where ESPN's 'College GameDay' Will Head for Every Week of the 2025 Season

'GameDay' will send off the legendary Lee Corso in Columbus for Ohio State vs. Texas. We predict where the longrunning show will head after that.

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College Football Is a Fun, Glorious Mess. These 7 Changes Would Make It Even Better.

How to fix the conferences, the rules, the playoffs, and more

SuperWest Sports

McLaughlin: B1G Must Keep Pace With SEC Schedule Change

Spencer explains why the SEC's commitment to nine league games is good for college football, and why the Big Ten must keep pace.

Sports Illustrated

Forde-Yard Dash: Get Ready for Even More College Football Playoff Politicking

With seven available at-large CFP bids, expect a war of words between conferences. Plus, CFP predictions and Week Zero’s season-opening chaos.

Sports Illustrated

How the Big Sky Is Staying True to Old-School Roots in a Modern College Football World

The FCS conference rests on the fault line of the post-House era, wrestling with modernization while cherishing the grit of previous eras.

Sports Illustrated

College Football Playoff Predictions: Imagining Eight Experimental Scenarios for 2025

From our best guess to how the playoff will unfold to borderline absurd brackets, here is how the season could play out under very different circumstances.

Sports Illustrated

Big Ten Reportedly Floats Doubling College Football Playoff in Size

The conference's new idea would include 24 to 28 teams.

Sports Illustrated

College Football Fans Loved Having the Chance to Correct the AP Stylebook

The Power Five is no longer five.

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