While Michigan and Washington pursued a national championship, most of the sport spent the past five weeks reshaping their rosters for 2024. My initial rankings solely assess who’s coming and going. I did not attempt to predict season records. 1. Georgia (13-1 in 2023) Georgia will be loaded yet again, especially on defense. The entire … Read more
In less than one year, Georgia set the FBS bowl record for margin of victory, twice. Georgia demolished Florida State 63-3 in the Orange Bowl on Saturday at Hard Rock Stadium, resetting its previous FBS bowl record for margin of victory it achieved against TCU (65-7) in last season’s College Football Playoff championship game on … Read more
ATHENS, Ga. — A long time ago, after being dumped for the first time, a friend who had been through that situation offered this advice about the angst and heartache he knew I was feeling: You’ll get through it, and then after a while, you’ll remember that heartache and actually miss it. It’s hard to … Read more
It’s always a big deal when Michigan and Ohio State clash for that final game of the regular season, but this year’s edition of the game just felt so much bigger than it has before. Both teams were a perfect 11-0, both ranked within the College Football Playoff top-five, and both facing an unprecedented level … Read more
I had a dismal week, going 4-8 against the number to drop me to two games under .500 for the season against the spread. The good: picking Mizzou to knock off the Tennessee. The bad: picking Tulane to blow out Tulsa. The ugly: picking Texas to thump TCU. Here are this week’s guesses. Check out … Read more
By Cameron Teague Robinson, Seth Emerson, Austin Meek and Nicole Auerbach The second College Football Playoff rankings of the 2023 season were unveiled Tuesday night. Here’s what you need to know: College Football Playoff Top 25 CFP Rk Team Record Prev AP Rk 1 9-0 1 3 2 9-0 2 … Read more
The Oklahoma Sooners have had a good year. In the midst of a two-game losing streak, that may not be the thing we want to talk about, but they’ve been good. Good enough to get to the College Football Playoff? No. To make the Big 12 title game? That’s not completely off the table. They’ve … Read more
A separation weekend in the Big 12 and Southeastern Conference turned into a survive-and-advance Saturday around college football. It’s November. Just win. Don’t fret over the how. No. 1 Georgia got all it could handle from No 14 Missouri and No. 8 Alabama won a score-fest with No. 13 LSU to put the SEC superpowers … Read more
Ohio State is No. 1 in the first College Football Playoff rankings, but isn’t the top team in my projections. Despite not playing tough schedules yet, Georgia and Michigan are still the teams that won the national title most often in the simulations. Michigan, Georgia, Ohio State and Florida State made the CFP in more … Read more
Last week marked the return of the successful Stewart Mandel Upset Special (Georgia State over Louisiana), but also, the return of the Stewart Mandel failure to crack .500 against the spread. I’m just trying to get bowl-eligible by season’s end. Last week: 5-6 against the spread.Season: 41-46-1. No. 6 Oklahoma (-10) at Kansas, Noon (Fox) … Read more