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
Forde-Yard Dash: What, Exactly, Are These Words in My College Fight Song? “Hotty Toddy” might make the most sense of the incredible number of nonsensical sayings The Dash dug up. Let’s sing them together. Sports Illustrated · Sep 22
It’s Not Quite ‘Google Me,’ but Kentucky’s Will Stein Is Backing Up His Curt Cignetti–Like Talk It all came together for the Wildcats in their upset of then-No. 9 Texas A&M on Saturday, the latest indication that the first-year coach is validating his words. Sports Illustrated · Sep 21
College Football Message Board: Arkansas Frustrations, Kentucky Breakthrough and Grumors at Oklahoma After Week 3, we examine the reactions fans had to their team’s play, coaching decisions and more to determine if the sentiment is warranted. Sports Illustrated · Sep 21
College Football Week 3 Winners and Losers: Keep Louisville Weird The Cardinals, who flew under the radar in a chaotic week, are a delight to watch. Sports Illustrated · Sep 20
No. 9 Texas A&M loses at home to Kentucky, meaning SEC will have two top-10 teams tumble The powerhouse Southeastern Conference will have at least two top-10 teams lose in Week 3 The Independent UK · Sep 19
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
After Channeling Curt Cignetti at SEC Media Days, Can Will Stein Take Kentucky to New Heights? He seems to share a healthy sense of self-belief with some of the game’s brightest minds. Sports Illustrated · Jul 21
McLaughlin: Tension Lingering Between Big 12, Texas Tech? Commissioner Brett Yormark took the stage at Big 12 media days and got a bit testy with a Texas Tech media figure. SuperWest Sports · Jul 8
McLaughlin: What’s Next After the Brendan Sorsby Saga? Spencer McLaughlin talks about what's next after the Brendan Sorsby saga at Texas Tech ends with the Red Raiders caving to public pressure. SuperWest Sports · Jun 17
Projecting Every SEC Starting Quarterback Ahead of the 2026 College Football Season There are established stars like Gunner Stockton and Arch Manning and unsettled fall camp battles at Alabama, Florida and Tennessee around one of the key conferences. Sports Illustrated · May 26
Football School or Basketball School? The NIL Era Redefines One of the Greatest Questions in College Sports In the NIL and revenue-sharing era, we answer an important question of several schools. Sports Illustrated · Apr 24
What’s Next for Oregon? Early Look at Ducks’ Roster, Outlook for 2026 Season Oregon’s season came to a close with a rough 56–22 loss to Indiana in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Peach Bowl. Sports Illustrated · Jan 10
Oregon advances to semifinals, where it looks for offense and defense to click on same day If the offense from Week 1 of the playoffs and the defense from Week 2 show up for Oregon in the national semifinals, these Ducks could be dangerous The Independent UK · Jan 1
The Sports Daily · Dec 3, 2025 Four NCAA schools hire new football coaches Four NCAA schools hire new football coaches. The schools are Ole Miss, North Texas, Kentucky and Michigan State.
Sports Illustrated · Dec 2, 2025 Grading Will Stein to Kentucky: Wildcats Aim for Upside in First-Time Head Coach By bringing the Oregon offensive coordinator back to his home state, the Wildcats are going the opposite way of his predecessor.
Sports Illustrated · Dec 2, 2025 Kentucky to Hire Oregon OC Will Stein After Mark Stoops Firing Less than 24 hours after firing Stoops, Kentucky has found its new coach.
Sports Illustrated · Nov 30, 2025 Ten Coaching Candidates for Michigan State Football Coaching Search After Jonathan Smith Firing Pat Fitzgerald and Brian Kelly could put the headset back on for a Big Ten job, while the Group of 5 offers a plethora of talented options.
SuperWest Sports · Oct 6, 2025 McLaughlin: Did Oregon Football Break the Nittany Lions? Spencer McLaughlin discusses Penn State's post-Ducks collapse and how Oregon's offense can improve against Indiana.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 14, 2025 Ten Candidates for UCLA Football Coaching Search After two uneven seasons, the Bruins need someone to inject life into the program, such as Deion Sanders, P.J. Fleck or Dan Mullen.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 5, 2024 Comeback Off The Plains: Looking back on Bo Nix’s incredible journey ahead of the 2024 NFL Draft Crissy Froyd caught up with Bo Nix on his journey from Auburn to Oregon, the pre-draft process and more ahead of the 2024 NFL Draft.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 9, 2024 8 candidates to replace Chip Kelly at UCLA, including Minnesota’s P.J. Fleck Chip Kelly is off to Columbus. Here's who the Bruins could target as they embark on a late-cycle search.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 5, 2023 Pac-12 Football Picked a Terrible Time for a Hot Start Pac-12 teams are a perfect 13–0 this season, but unfortunately soon-to-depart schools like Colorado and USC are leading the charge.
Sports Illustrated · Aug 28, 2023 Who’s Feeling the Pressure This College Football Season? From those starting new roles to those barely hanging on to their old ones, a look at who’s feeling the weight of the 2023 season the most.