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Projecting the AP Top 25 After College Football’s Week 1: LSU Rises, Michigan Falls

While it was cupcake-smashing week for many of college football’s top teams, some suffered near scares. Here’s how we see the AP Top 25 poll playing out as a result.

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Pat Forde: Josh Hoover’s Bloody Debut Was an Oath to Indiana’s Football Standard

The TCU transfer might have broken his nose, but it didn’t stop him from delivering a four-touchdown debut that suggests the Hoosiers may have found their next star quarterback.

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One Big Question for Each of the Top 10 College Football Games to Watch in Week 1

A full slate is finally on the docket—and Sports Illustrated not only points you to the best matchups of the week but highlights the key storyline in each one.

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Indiana Created a New College Football Blueprint. How Will the Sport Respond?

The Hoosiers’ improbable run showed that alignment, investment and the right coach can turn almost any program into a contender.

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Inside the Mind of Curt Cignetti, College Football’s Most Relentless Winner

Over 15 years, across four levels of college football, all he has done is win. Now, after a natty at Indiana, he won’t alter the script.

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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.

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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.

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Ranking College Football’s 25 Players With the Most to Prove—and the Most to Gain

The pressure is on, from quarterbacks expected to lead title contenders to defensive wreckers capable of changing the course of a game.

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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.

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Ranking the 10 First-Year College Football Coaches Under the Most Pressure Entering 2026

Patience is in short supply and after a dizzying carousel spin last season, this group will be in the spotlight to find success this year.

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Preseason AP Poll Winners and Losers: Sky-High Expectations for Oregon and Indiana

Meanwhile, a muted start for Alabama and Michigan.

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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.

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One Number That Sums Up Every SEC Team in 2026

The conference is wide open as it maintains its tenuous hold as college football’s deepest league.

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Indiana Football Is Already One of the Biggest Winners of the Fifth-Year Eligibility Lawsuit

With Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt returning to Indiana football, the rich just got richer.

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Purdue’s New AD Just Made a Fool of Himself With Off-Mark Jab at Curt Cignetti, Indiana Football

Tommy McClelland’s comments were allegedly made in jest—but he didn’t look like he was joking.

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Pat Forde: The 25 Most Intriguing College Football Coaches for 2026

The confident reigning national champion and a controversial and brash boss lead the list of coaches who will define the season.

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Seven College Football Teams That Were Overrated or Underrated in Preseason Coaches’ Poll

Indiana? Alabama? Clemson? Here’s a closer look at teams that got the benefit of the doubt—or got overlooked in the first Top 25 of the 2026 season.

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‘We Don’t Cry a River’: Curt Cignetti Takes Aim at SEC Strength Narrative

As the Big Ten celebrates three straight national titles, the Indiana coach argues the conference lets its results speak louder than the SEC’s explanations.

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Hoosiers Repeat? Indiana Football Among Top National Title Contenders at Kalshi

The Indiana Hoosiers are a prime contender on Kalshi to win the college football National Championship.

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After Channeling Curt Cignetti at SEC Media Days, Can Will Stein Take Kentucky to New Heights?

He seems to share a healthy sense of self-belief with some of the game’s brightest minds.

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McLaughlin: Analyzing WSU’s 2026 Schedule and Season

Wazzo enters 2026 on its third coach in the last three seasons; will Kirby Moore and the Cougars be a surprise contender?

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Ranking the Big Ten Football Head Coaches Entering 2026

Our Stephen Vilardo ranks all 18 Big Ten Football Head Coaches ahead of the upcoming 2026 season, with Indiana's Curt Cignetti on top.

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NCAA Set to Change Unpopular Football Rule Just in Time for North Dakota State’s FBS Jump

A provision that has flummoxed teams for years is reportedly on its way out the door.

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EA Sports ‘College Football 27’ Trailer Proves Curt Cignetti Is His Sport’s Man of the Hour

The ever-changing college football world is the Indiana coach’s oyster.

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Why Vanderbilt Coach Clark Lea’s Bold SEC Meetings Statement Wasn’t As Far-Fetched As You Think

The Commodores’ situation has changed drastically in recent years.

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