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2023 college football outlook: Breaking down the Big Ten
More Teams. More Games. Bill Connelly breaks down the Big Ten by the numbers, including which teams are most likely to win the conference. (2:24) The Big Ten essentially has come down to Michigan and Ohio State the past few years, and 2023 may well be more of the same. That said, there’s plenty of […]
Continue readingPreviewing Big Ten media days: The biggest questions for the 2023 season
Power 5 media days will officially wrap up with the Big Ten on Wednesday and Thursday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. With the entries of UCLA and USC still a year away, the focus will be on the conference’s historic blue bloods: How will Ohio State look with a new starting quarterback? Can Michigan, […]
Continue readingTransfer portal takeaways: The biggest questions left
QB1 is out at one blue blood program, while several Power 5 schools witnessed a mass exodus. The names filled the portal and college football fans were left to figure out what this means for their favorite school — and player — ahead of bowl season and spring football. Our reporters came together to find […]
Continue readingCollege football Power Rankings after Week 1
The Week 1 college football slate was loaded with top-tier matchups to officially kick off the season while ushering fans back into stadiums and onto message boards. Some games lived up to the hype — No. 5 Notre Dame went toe-to-toe with No. 2 Ohio State for three quarters and 10 minutes in a 21-10 […]
Continue readingBig Ten college football preview: Breaking down the conference’s best storylines, games and more
After a summer of significant news — the expansion additions of USC and UCLA, followed by a record new media rights deal — the Big Ten swaggers into the season. The league has proven it can compete with the SEC in revenue and realignment. National championships? That’s a different story. Ohio State has been the […]
Continue readingUrban Meyer returning to Fox college football pregame show after NFL coaching stint
Fox announced Friday that Meyer would rejoin the show he was part of in its first two seasons. After resigning as Ohio State’s coach after the 2018 season, Meyer worked as an analyst for the Los Angeles-based studio show in 2019 and 2020. Then he was hired to coach the Jacksonville Jaguars in January 2021 […]
Continue readingPreseason College Football Power Rankings: Alabama once again starts the season at No. 1
Despite the seismic changes that took place during college football’s offseason, the upcoming season will provide fans with a breath of familiarity. Yes, the preseason College Football Power Rankings are once again led by perennial playoff teams, Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia and Clemson. But last season’s rankings had the Spencer Rattler-led Oklahoma Sooners at No. […]
Continue readingRanking all 131 college football quarterback situations in tiers
At the Rose Bowl, C.J. Stroud — playing without two future first-round NFL draft picks at receiver — threw for 573 yards and six touchdowns, setting himself up as the presumptive favorite to knock Young off the Heisman throne. In January, a former walk-on quarterback led Georgia to a national championship, and as a result, […]
Continue readingCollege football Power Rankings after Week 13
We save Rivalry Week for the last week of the season every year for a reason, and it always delivers. Ohio State was losing all game at Michigan and lost. Alabama was losing all game at Auburn and won. And Bedlam was … bedlam. The final week of the 2021 college football season mirrored the […]
Continue readingCollege football Power Rankings after Week 9
Rivalry games took center stage in college football’s Week 9. The Michigan State Spartans outlasted Michigan 37-33 to prove that they’re no one’s little brother — especially when you have Kenneth Walker III on the roster –while Georgia flexed its muscle against Florida to the tune of a 34-7 rout. Both Georgia and Michigan State […]
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