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
— The Athletic’s Nicole Auerbach, Chris Vannini and Mark Puleo contributed to this story. Florida State continues to mull its options for leaving the Atlantic Coast Conference and has scheduled an emergency meeting of its Board of Trustees for Friday morning, restarting realignment speculation around college sports after a chaotic summer of conference reshuffling took … Read more
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — No. 4 Florida State might have to turn to third-string quarterback Brock Glenn to start the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Game against 15th-ranked Louisville on Saturday night. What You Need To Know Florida State quarterback Tate Rodemaker is questionable for the ACC Championship Game on Saturday Rodemaker is recovering from a concussion he sustained … Read more
Sign up for the Until Saturday newsletter | Jayna Bardahl and The Athletic’s college football staff deliver expert analysis on the biggest CFB stories five days per week. Get it sent to your inbox. LSU and Brian Kelly versus Notre Dame and Marcus Freeman in Tampa. USC versus Clemson in San Diego. The Dennis Erickson Bowl in El … 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
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
The ACC released its new scheduling model for 2024-2030 on Monday, with the additions of Cal, Stanford and SMU, which officially begin league play next season. The league protected 16 annual rivalry games. It limited travel out West for the 14 current ACC members who will each play a total of three times in California … Read more
Sign up for the Until Saturday newsletter | Jayna Bardahl and The Athletic’s college football staff deliver expert analysis on the biggest CFB stories five days per week. Get it sent to your inbox. I had a modest week, going 6-5 against the spread. The good: nailing another upset special by picking Mizzou to beat K-State. … Read more