2026 Week 5 CFB Game Summaries for Teams in West 2026 Week 5 CFB Game Summaries for Teams in the West: A brief breakdown of the key plays, stats, and momentum changes. SuperWest Sports · Oct 3
Group of 6 College Football Power Rankings: Can Anyone Catch Boise State? The Broncos dispatched of Western Michigan in Week 4, strengthening their position atop the Group of 6. Which teams can still beat them out to make the College Football Playoff? Sports Illustrated · Oct 1
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: The Best, Worst and Weirdest of College Football in September Texas is rolling, Jeremiah Smith looks unstoppable and LSU remains committed to making things weird. Here’s what we learned in the first month of the season. Sports Illustrated · Sep 28
College Football Week 4 Winners and Losers: When We Needed It Most, the Big Ten West Returned The plot thickened in the Big Ten on Saturday thanks to the conference’s most maligned cohort. Sports Illustrated · Sep 27
Karma Police: Iowa Stuns Michigan at Buzzer Three Weeks After Western Michigan Fiasco The Wolverines’ adventure of a 2026 season continues. Sports Illustrated · Sep 27
College Football Week 4 Watchability Guide: Ranking the Deepest Group of 2026 Games So Far We finally have a slate that has you covered all afternoon and evening on Saturday, with six ranked vs. ranked matchups on the docket. Here’s how you should prioritize what to watch. Sports Illustrated · Sep 25
Nick Bartlett’s 2026 Week 4 Fearless Predictions Nick Bartlett looks at some factors that could affect the outcome of some of the regional contests this weekend. SuperWest Sports · Sep 25
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
McLaughlin: Boise State’s Must-Win Game Strategy for WMU Boise State's road matchup with Western Michigan is one of the most Playoff-implicated games of the weekend. SuperWest Sports · Sep 24
Previewing the Top 2026 Week 4 Pac-12 Football Games Nick Bartlett highlights the top four Pac-12 Conference football matchups involving conference teams this weekend. SuperWest Sports · Sep 23
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
Vanderbilt’s Miracle Win Over NC State Rivals Western Michigan-Michigan for Last-Second Finish of the Year The Wolfpack will be thinking about that one until the end of time. Sports Illustrated · Sep 19
Group of 6 Power Rankings: How Oregon’s Loss Impacts G6 College Football Playoff Race Three new teams enter our top 10 after strong Week 2 performances. Sports Illustrated · Sep 17
Sports Illustrated · Sep 15 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 14 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 A Week After the Bail Mary, Two Michigan College Football Teams Turned the Page For Michigan, a signature win over ranked Oklahoma pushed the controversial Week 1 ending aside. At Western Michigan, refusing to let a devastating loss derail the season became a party.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 13 Forde-Yard Dash: Three Major Problems That Could Derail These Power Teams Ohio State, Oregon and Oklahoma all found spectacular new ways to lose, raising serious questions about each program’s expectations and path forward.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 13 Pat Forde: College Football Playoff Projected Bracket After Week 2 In the early part of the season, a team won’t be ranked if it hasn’t played a power-conference opponent yet.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 13 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 10 Group of 6 Power Rankings: What Boise State, Western Michigan’s Dramatic Week 1 Losses Mean for CFP Race After one week of FBS action, which G6 programs lead the pack for the automatic College Football Playoff bid?
Sports Illustrated · Sep 9 SI:AM | Looking Back at College Football’s First Replay Controversy The Western Michigan-Michigan ruckus recalls a notorious 1940 game between Cornell and Dartmouth—let us explain.
Reason · Sep 8 Referees Have Nothing To Hide. The NFL and NCAA Should Show Every Big Replay Review Live on TV. Plus: The NBA’s punishments to Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers are great, but not quite enough; and an ode to the friendships connected by fantasy football
Sports Illustrated · Sep 8 SI:AM | Everything Wrong With Michigan’s ‘Bail Mary’ Good morning, everyone! Brigid Kennedy here, coming off the bench to sub in for Dan Gartland. I hope you had a wonderful Labor Day and a wonderful long weekend.
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.