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College Football First-Year Coaches Report Card: Grading Power 4’s New Hires After Four Weeks

Two coaches get top marks, but will anyone receive a failing grade?

Sports Illustrated · Sep 29

College Football Playoff Eliminator: All Big 12 Teams Still Alive for a Bid After Week 4

Four Power 4 teams were eliminated after a feisty slate of games, while the Group of 6 picture continues to whittle down to the top contenders.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 29

Forde-Yard Dash: Predicting Seven College Football Games With Major Stakes in Week 5

As the sport enters October, several teams face goal tests this weekend that will lay the groundwork for the remainder of the season.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 29

Why the ACC Is the Center of College Football’s Coaching Hot Seat

Up to seven coaches are feeling the heat just a few weeks into the season, starting with Florida State’s Mike Norvell.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 17

2026 Week 3 Selected Big Ten College Football Previews

Stephen Vilardo previews six of the Week One Big Ten College football games and gives us his picks straight-up and ATS.

SuperWest Sports · Sep 17

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

Forde-Yard Dash: Rating First-Year Coaches’ Debuts From Dream Starts to Total Disaster

Memphis’s Charles Huff is 2–0 this season with a huge game against Boise State looming, while Oklahoma State’s Eric Morris had the worst weekend of the bunch.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 8

In 2023, Virginia Tech researchers turned plastic bags and food containers into soap-making surfactants; the products could be worth about $3,550 a ton in a lab-scale process

Scientists at Virginia Tech have pioneered an innovative method to convert plastic waste into valuable soap compounds. By breaking down everyday plastics such as polyethylene and polypropylene, they can produce surfactants that are more financially rewarding than raw plastic materials. Efforts are now underway to scale this promising breakthrough for…

The Economic Times · Sep 6

Why early warning signs of glacier collapse in Nepal were difficult to detect

The glacier collapse that led to devastating flash floods across the Himalayan region of Nepal and its border with the Chinese autonomous region of Tibet on August 26 was preceded by early warning signs, experts say. But monitoring and emergency alert systems in the region are still insufficient to predict…

France 24 · Sep 4