College Football Playoff Rankings Expose ACC’s Nearly Inevitable Worst-Case Scenario The conference could be shut out of the playoff, and its highest-ranked team has to sit at home to watch it unfold. Sports Illustrated · Dec 3, 2025
Alabama’s Nonsensical College Football Playoff Rankings Rise Has Major Ramifications The Tide’s narrow win over a bad Auburn team somehow became the committee’s justification for jumping Notre Dame. Sports Illustrated · Dec 3, 2025
Kalani Sitake Had Heartwarming Statement After Deciding to Stay at BYU Over Penn State Kalani Sitake opened up about his decision to stay at BYU amid interest from Penn State. Sports Illustrated · Dec 3, 2025
Kalani Sitake Rejects Penn State Offer, Agrees to Extension to Stay at BYU Kalani Sitake has decided to remain at BYU with a new contract, rejecting Penn State’s offer. Sports Illustrated · Dec 2, 2025
Forde-Yard Dash: Penn State’s Kalani Sitake Interest Adds Chaos to Championship Week A surprising coaching courtship collides with a College Football Playoff race promising maximum drama. Sports Illustrated · Dec 2, 2025
Crumbl Cookies CEO Is Going All Out to Keep Kalani Sitake at BYU Amid Penn State Rumors Penn State is reportedly focusing its coaching search on BYU’s Kalani Sitake, but Crumbl Cookies CEO and BYU donor Jason McGowan is going all out to keep the coach in Provo, Utah. Sports Illustrated · Dec 2, 2025
Forde-Yard Dash: Breaking Down Potential CFP Drama, Lane Kiffin’s LSU Unveiling Playoff contenders brace for a volatile week as coaching exits, league imbalances and head-to-head debates cloud the committee’s choices. Sports Illustrated · Dec 2, 2025
Penn State Reportedly Has Top Target for Coaching Vacancy Penn State is zoning in on a potential replacement for James Franklin. Sports Illustrated · Dec 2, 2025
2025 Final Best-in-West College Football Power Rankings Dane Miller ranks and highlights the Top 10 teams in the West at the end of the regular season across five conferences. SuperWest Sports · Dec 1, 2025
Georgia up to No. 3 behind Ohio State, Indiana in Top 25 shuffle as Oregon, Texas Tech also climb Texas A&M is out of the top five in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in two months The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2025
College Football Conference Championship Tracker: Every Team to Clinch a Title Game Spot Up-to-date results and scenarios for all nine conference championship games at the FBS level. Sports Illustrated · Nov 29, 2025
College Football Playoff: How Programs Like Miami, Michigan Can Still Make Field Arizona State, Utah and Vanderbilt are among the other programs that can still crash the CFP—with some hel Sports Illustrated · Nov 28, 2025
Nick Bartlett’s 2025 Week 14 SuperWest Fearless Predictions Nick Bartlett gives us his just-for-fun picks for contests involving the best teams in the West across five conferences. SuperWest Sports · Nov 28, 2025
Week 14 Big 12 Previews: Cats, Devils Clash in Top 25 Tilt Dane Miller highlights Big 12 Conference football games featuring teams in the West and 'looks in' at the best of the rest. SuperWest Sports · Nov 27, 2025
Sports Illustrated · Nov 26, 2025 SI:AM | What’s at Stake in Rivalry Week After Latest CFP Rankings The final week of the regular season could determine some teams’ playoff fates.
Sports Illustrated · Nov 26, 2025 Why Notre Dame Remains Higher Than Miami in College Football Playoff Rankings The CFP committee continues to rank Notre Dame ahead of Miami, despite the latter's head-to-head win over the former.
Sports Illustrated · Nov 25, 2025 Big 12 Championship Game Scenarios Entering Week 14: Arizona State, Utah Need Help Here’s Texas Tech, BYU, Utah and Arizona can reach the Big 12 conference title game.
Sports Illustrated · Nov 24, 2025 College Football Playoff Eliminator: Which Teams Are Out or Alive for a Berth After Week 13 USC was one of four teams eliminated Saturday with just five teams locked into spots heading into the final weekend of the regular season.
Sports Illustrated · Nov 23, 2025 Forde-Yard Dash: College Football Playoff Scenarios Leave Room for Chaos in Week 14 Nothing is set in stone in the CFP, but there are a few near-locks (and lots of potential drama) as we await the final decisive slate of the regular season.
Sports Illustrated · Nov 23, 2025 What’s at Stake in Every Conference as College Football Hits Chaotic Final Weekend Here’s how every contender can reach championship weekend or the College Football Playoff.
Sports Illustrated · Nov 21, 2025 How the $1 Million Players Era Festival Is Reshaping Feast Week The Las Vegas tournament will feature 18 teams receiving NIL money for participating, siphoning teams from other events like the iconic Maui Invitational.
SuperWest Sports · Nov 21, 2025 Nick Bartlett’s 2025 Week 13 SuperWest Fearless Predictions Nick Bartlett gives us his just-for-fun picks for contests involving the best teams in the West across five conferences.
SuperWest Sports · Nov 21, 2025 McLaughlin: Playoff Hopes on Line for BYU vs. Cincinnati BYU travels to unranked Cincinnati this week and is favored by just 2.5 points. Is the upset alert real? How do the Cougars avoid it?
Sports Illustrated · Nov 20, 2025 Best Week 13 College Football Games to Watch: All Eyes on a Big Ten Playoff Decider Plus, ACC clashes should provide clarity on the league’s pecking order, while two Big 12 championship game hopefuls meet in primetime.
Sports Illustrated · Nov 20, 2025 Big 12 Championship Game Scenarios Entering Week 13: How BYU Could Cement Its Spot Two teams control their fate in the Big 12 championship game race.