No. 2 Ohio State continues season of chaos with 38-10 loss to Southern California Call it the college football season of chaos The Independent UK · Nov 1
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
College Football Playoff Eliminator After Week 8: Early Season Contenders Get Cut Eleven Power 4 teams are out of contention after another roller-coaster week in the sport, including one of the preseason favorites in Oregon. Sports Illustrated · Oct 27
Forde-Yard Dash: 10 College Football Coaches Who Went From Hot Seat to Hot Streak From Kalani Sitake’s resurgence at BYU to Billy Napier’s success at James Madison, these coaches are showing what can happen when second chances pay off. Sports Illustrated · Oct 19
College Football Playoff and Bowl Projections After Week 7: Title Game Rematch on Tap BYU vaults to the No. 1 playoff seed, while the bowl games see Bill Belichick’s North Carolina in the Mayo Bowl and North Dakota State’s FBS postseason debut. Sports Illustrated · Oct 18
Kalshi Tabs Bill Belichick Among Coaches Most Likely to Be Fired Bill Belichick is among the favorites of coaches to be fired this season. Sports Illustrated · Oct 4
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 22
Forde-Yard Dash: 10 College Football Teams Whose Flaws Are Impossible to Hide The pretenders are running out of places to hide, with Texas A&M, USC and Arkansas among the teams facing harsh reality checks as power-conference competition intensifies. Sports Illustrated · Sep 21
College Football Playoff and Bowl Projections After Week 3: North Carolina Into Postseason The Tar Heels are one of several new teams in the mix, while Louisville confirmed it is a CFP contender by beating SMU. Sports Illustrated · Sep 20
Steve Belichick Resigns From UNC as Football Probe Finds Actions Isolated, Not Systemic Steve Belichick resigns as UNC defensive coordinator after a football probe found conduct concerns were isolated, not systemic. International Business Times UK · Sep 17
Forde-Yard Dash: The SEC Is Back on Top of College Football’s Power Rankings Texas’s comeback over Ohio State and Mississippi State’s rout of Minnesota helped push the SEC past the Big Ten, which is struggling against Power 4 opponents. Sports Illustrated · Sep 14
Forde-Yard Dash: If the SEC Kicks Out LSU, Where Do the Tigers Go? In our hypothetical landscape, here’s how The Dash views another conference realignment if the shocking development happens. Sports Illustrated · Sep 8
College Football Playoff Eliminator: Which Teams Are Out or Alive for a Berth After Week 1 Fourteen teams are already out of contention for the playoff, with a handful taking losses to FCS programs and UMass knocking out Rutgers. Sports Illustrated · Sep 8
Forde-Yard Dash: 10 Coordinator Hires Who Could Make or Break Their Teams Gary Patterson and Bobby Petrino already dove straight in with Week Zero wins, while a number of high-profile assistants could be key to many teams’ fortunes. Sports Illustrated · Aug 31
Sports Illustrated · Aug 29 Pat Forde: The Bill Belichick College Experiment Isn’t Done Yet North Carolina entered the season with plenty of questions, but a gritty upset of TCU suddenly has the second-year coach’s tenure looking far more promising.
Sports Illustrated · Aug 24 College Football 2026 Schedule: Ranking Every Single Week of the Regular Season Not every college football Saturday is built the same. Here are the weeks you absolutely can’t miss, and the others where you can probably make some other plans.
Sports Illustrated · Aug 18 Pat Forde: Forty Observations on the 2026 College Football Schedule Everything you need to know about the quirks of the season from easiest months, a monster slate in November, improvements in consecutive road games and open-date disadvantages and more.
Sports Illustrated · Aug 12 One Number That Sums Up Every ACC Team and Notre Dame in 2026 Can the league find an identity after a bizarre 2025?
SuperWest Sports · Jul 28 McLaughlin: Stanford CFB Unionization Debate Heating Up A group of Stanford Cardinal Football players is reportedly pushing to form a group that could lead to collective bargaining.
Sports Illustrated · Jul 27 North Carolina Puts GM Michael Lombardi on Paid Administrative Leave The Tar Heels hired the veteran executive before the 2025 season.
Sports Illustrated · Jul 24 Countdown to Men’s College Basketball: 100 Things to Know About the 2026 Season Your guide to the transfer portal’s big moves, coaching carousel shake-ups, an intriguing freshman class and who’s in the championship race.
Sports Illustrated · Jul 14 What to Know About Tyler Nickel—Can Knicks’ Summer League Star Help Defending Champs As Rookie? New York Knicks rookie Tyler Nickel has shot the lights out at NBA Summer League. Will the defending champs have a role for him next season?
Sports Illustrated · Jun 26 Notre Dame Tops College Football Undefeated Contenders on Kalshi Notre Dame is favored on Kalshi to finish the 2026-27 college football season undefeated.
Sports Illustrated · May 4 With Juke Harris Addition, Tennessee Goes All-in to Capitalize on Rick Barnes’s Title Window A loaded transfer class signals urgency in Knoxville as the Vols chase their first Final Four under a Hall of Fame worthy coach nearing the end of his run.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 27 The Draft Proves It: The SEC Still Reigns Supreme Over Big Ten in NFL’s Eyes While the Big Ten dominated the early part of the 2026 draft, after seven rounds it is clear that NFL front offices still believe that the SEC is producing the most talent.