RARE PHOTOS: 2 - The Real Truth

College Football Week 1 Winners and Losers: The Saturday the Earth Stood Still

They’ll be howling about that one in Kalamazoo, Mich., until the Last Judgment.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 6

College Football: Ranking the Top 25 Playing Careers of Current FBS Coaches

The vast majority of current FBS coaches played college football themselves—with a Heisman winner, a Pro Football Hall of Famer and a number of All-Americans among their ranks.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 4

SI:AM | I’m in Love With Massachusetts

The Minutemen—FBS’s worst team for north of a decade—pulled an upset Thursday that defied comprehension.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 4

Bill Belichick, North Carolina Are Bowl-Game Bound and Three More Overreactions to College Football Week Zero

It's time to tap into that most familiar of college football headspaces. Let’s overreact to Week Zero.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 30

Three CFB Loopholes That Explain This Year’s Week Zero Slate, and Why It Won’t Ever Happen Again

Here’s a brief explainer on why this year’s Week Zero college football slate will be the last of its kind.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 29

SI:AM | One Reason to Watch Each Week Zero Game

Saturday will be a perfect appetizer before the season kicks off for real next week.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 28

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.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 26

Sports Illustrated’s Preseason College Football Bowl Game Projections for 2026

Here is how we see the 35 bowl games coming together to form the postseason picture and which 70 FBS teams will go bowling in 2026–27.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 25

Five Overrated, Underrated Teams in Preseason College Football AP Top 25

With the Associated Press releasing its preseason college football poll, we see which teams are getting too much and too little credit from the voters.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 17

One Number That Sums Up 10 Top Group of 6 Teams in 2026

Overlook FBS’s lower echelons at your own risk.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 14