Group of 6 Power Rankings: Four Teams Separating Themselves As Playoff Push Heats Up After a shaky outing against an FCS opponent, does Boise State still have a hold on the No. 1 spot? Sports Illustrated · Sep 24
College Football Playoff Eliminator: Which Teams Are Out or Alive for a Berth After Week 2 A handful of Group of 6 teams were eliminated from contention, while only the SEC and Big 12 in the Power 4 ranks have all teams still in the hunt. Sports Illustrated · Sep 15
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
College Football Week 2 Winners and Losers: Oregon’s Dan Lanning Leads a Saturday of Overthinking Fortune favored the bold, but not the reckless. Sports Illustrated · Sep 13
College Football Week 2 Watchability Guide: Conference Crossover Games Galore The football equivalent of the SEC–Big Ten Challenge takes center stage, while a handful of Week 1 darlings try to prove their legitimacy against significantly tougher opponents. Sports Illustrated · Sep 11
Previewing the Top 2026 Week 2 Pac-12 Football Games Nick Bartlett highlights the top four Pac-12 Conference football matchups involving conference teams this weekend. SuperWest Sports · Sep 9
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
Nick Bartlett’s 2026 Week One Fearless Predictions Nick Bartlett looks at some factors that could affect the outcome of the tio regional contests this weekend. SuperWest Sports · Sep 4
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
Nick Bartlett’s 2026 Week Zero Fearless Predictions Nick Bartlett looks at some factors that could affect the outcome of the tio regional contests this weekend. SuperWest Sports · Aug 28
Week Zero College Football Previews for Teams in the West Stephen Vilardo's Week Zero college football previews for teams in the West and our staff's straight-up game picks. SuperWest Sports · Aug 27
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 24
The Five Teams the NBA Doesn’t Want You to Watch This Season While the defending champion Knicks and $12 billion Lakers will be all over your television screens this season, these five teams will ... not be. Sports Illustrated · Aug 14
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
SuperWest Sports · Jul 13 McLaughlin: Big Season Ahead for JuJu Lewis and Colorado? Commissioner Brett Yormark took the stage at Big 12 media days and got a bit testy with a Texas Tech media figure.
Sports Illustrated · Jul 12 Ja Morant Is Grateful for ‘Fresh Start’ in Portland—Why Trail Blazers Were His Best Trade Destination Ja Morant is ready for his clean slate in Portland. Here’s why he fits with the Blazers despite a crowded guard room.
Sports Illustrated · Jul 3 From Atlanta to Washington: One Reason Why LeBron James Should Sign With Every NBA Team With LeBron James’s free-agent decision wide open, here’s one reason why he could sign with each team across the NBA.
Sports Illustrated · Jun 30 Chris Mannix’s NBA Notes: Could LeBron James’s Next Team Include Anthony Davis? Plus, more on Portland’s decision to acquire Ja Morant and inside Detroit’s Jalen Duren problem.
Sports Illustrated · Jun 29 Grizzlies’ Ja Morant Traded to Trail Blazers in Shocking Deal: Grading Move for Memphis, Portland The Grizzlies traded Morant to the Trail Blazers in a surprising deal.
Sports Illustrated · Jun 25 NBA Draft Team-by-Team Grades: Memphis Stacks Players and Picks, Bucks Kickstart Rebuild How each team fared over two nights of selections, from those who aced it to those who left us scratching our heads.
Sports Illustrated · Jun 24 Biggest Winners and Losers From the First Round of the 2026 NBA Draft The Bucks further kickstarted their rebuild, while three Michigan Wolverines went in the first 12 picks.
Sports Illustrated · Jun 24 NBA Draft 2026 First-Round Grades: Hornets, Bulls Reach While Top Draft Picks Rate Highly The top five teams all receive top marks for their selections with plenty of value throughout the first round.
Sports Illustrated · Jun 22 2024 NBA Re-Draft: Where Stephon Castle, Top Pick Zaccharie Risacher Land Two Years Later How would the first round of the 2024 NBA draft play out two years later?
Roll Call · Jun 10 College sports bill sparks unusual alliances A push on Capitol Hill to craft legislation to rein in college sports amid skyrocketing costs and roster upheaval has created strange alliances across both the political and athletic spectrums, as was on display Wednesday at a roundtable hearing to rally support for the Senate’s version. The head football coaches…
Sports Illustrated · Jun 3 Projecting Key Group of Non-Power Conference Quarterbacks Ahead of the 2026 Season Though the Big Ten and the SEC will command much of the attention, these less heralded signal-callers could put up massive years outside of the Power 4.