2026 Week 9 FBS Game Summaries for Teams in West Brief summaries of all FBS games involving teams in the West in Week 9 of the 2026 college football season, across five conferences. SuperWest Sports · Oct 31
Hannah Hidalgo Is Ready to Break More Hearts This Season On pace to set Notre Dame’s all-time scoring record, the small, spunky point guard is most satisfied ruining your night on defense. Sports Illustrated · Oct 30
Men’s College Basketball Eligibility Tracker: Every Five-in-Five Decision for 2026–27 A conference-by-conference breakdown of the players who have been granted an additional season of eligibility, the ones who have been denied and whose cases remain unresolved. Sports Illustrated · Oct 30
Nick Bartlett’s 2026 Week 9 Fearless Predictions Nick Bartlett's Week 9 fearless picks for 10 college football games, including Ohio State at USC and Arizona at Texas Tech. SuperWest Sports · Oct 30
The Top 76 Players in Men’s College Basketball for 2026–27, Ranked In a nod to the expanded NCAA tournament, here are the 76 players projected to make the biggest impact this season. Sports Illustrated · Oct 28
Ranking Men’s Basketball National Player of the Year Candidates by All-American Tiers David Mirković, Jeremy Fears Jr. and Thomas Haugh all return to their teams with eyes on elevating to the top of the sport. Sports Illustrated · Oct 21
8 Women Who Became Instant Stars After Cameras Caught Them In The Stands At College Football Games From strangers flooding their DMs to thousands of new followers, these eight women discovered how quickly a moment in the stands can change everything. Bored Panda · Oct 19
College Football Playoff Eliminator: How the 2026 Season Would Look in a 24-Team Field If the expanded playoff was implemented this season, 26 more teams would be alive going into Week 7 than in the current setup with two-thirds coming from the Power 4. Sports Illustrated · Oct 17
College Football’s Coaching Carousel Is Quiet at Midseason. Here’s What We’re Hearing. Mike Norvell’s decision that cost Florida State a win puts him back on the hot seat, while Maryland-Rutgers this week could be pivotal. Sports Illustrated · Oct 16
Ranking Every Power 4 Quarterback at the Halfway Point of the 2026 College Football Season While many of the sport’s best players have risen to the occasion, there’s a new No. 1, a huge drop for Arch Manning and four new entries in the top 10. Sports Illustrated · Oct 14
Pat Forde: The Truth Behind Will Wade’s ‘Gotcha Questions’ Rant The LSU coach’s angry response to my questions about LSU’s roster offered a revealing first glimpse of a program still operating on a collision course with the SEC. Sports Illustrated · Oct 13
College Football Playoff Eliminator After Week 6: More Than Half of All Teams Out of the Running The ACC and Big 12 took big hits in Week 6, and the Group of 6 bid is down to a dozen viable contenders. Sports Illustrated · Oct 13
Forde-Yard Dash: Five College Football Week 7 Games With Massive Stakes for Home Team Ohio State–Indiana and Notre Dame–BYU headline a consequential weekend that could reshape the landscape. Sports Illustrated · Oct 13
Union Berlin’s Marie-Louise Eta: ‘I wanted to impress through my work, not because I am a woman’ The 35-year-old reflects on a momentous year after making history as the first woman to take charge of a men’s team in one of Europe’s top five leagues The Guardian - UK · Oct 6
Sports Illustrated · Oct 5 Forde-Yard Dash: Which New Coordinators Are Thriving and Which Are Flailing? Chip Kelly and Kevin McGiven are among the new hires making an immediate impact, while several other big-name coordinators are facing early questions.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 5 Forde-Yard Dash: The Winners and Losers of College Football’s Hot Seat in Week 5 Mike Norvell and Luke Fickell helped themselves Saturday, while Shane Beamer took another step toward the exit. Plus, football in the state of Colorado is in shambles.
International Business Times UK · Oct 2 Artificial Intelligence Carries 99.9% Extinction Chance, University Safety Expert Warns University of Louisville AI safety researcher Roman Yampolskiy has put the chance of AI-driven human extinction within a century at 99.9 per cent, far above other estimates.
SuperWest Sports · Oct 2 Nick Bartlett’s 2026 Week 5 Fearless Predictions Nick Bartlett looks at some factors that could affect the outcome of some of the regional contests this weekend.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 30 Heisman Rankings Week 4: Trinidad Chambliss Takes Loss, Jeremiah Smith Explodes As Race Remains Wide Open Florida’s win over the Rebels has the Heisman race wide open one month into the season.
SuperWest Sports · Sep 28 McLaughlin: Reevaluating 2026 College Football Rankings Spencer McLaughlin reevaluates his preseason college football rankings after some surprises and disappointments.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 27 College Football Week 4 Winners and Losers: When We Needed It Most, the Big Ten West Returned The plot thickened in the Big Ten on Saturday thanks to the conference’s most maligned cohort.
SuperWest Sports · Sep 23 McLaughlin: UCLA Football’s Rapid Rise in the Big Ten Spencer McLaughlin is joined by 'Locked On UCLA' host Zach Anderson-Yoxsimer to discuss the Bruins' quick rise in the Big Ten.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 22 College Football Playoff Eliminator: Which Teams Are Out or Alive for a Berth After Week 3 Two Power 4 programs—both in the ACC—were ousted from contention, while the Group of 6 thinned its ranks vying for its automatic berth.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 21 Forde-Yard Dash: 10 Burning Questions That Could Define the College Football Season Is Gunner Stockton for real? Can Alabama put together a complete game? Will Bryce Underwood solve Iowa’s defense? We should get some answers in Week 4.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 21 College Football Message Board: Arkansas Frustrations, Kentucky Breakthrough and Grumors at Oklahoma After Week 3, we examine the reactions fans had to their team’s play, coaching decisions and more to determine if the sentiment is warranted.