AP Top 25 Takeaways: Separation weekend in Big 12, SEC becomes survive-and-advance day around nation

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Separation weekend in Big 12, SEC becomes survive-and-advance day around nation

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

College Football Playoff projected chances after Week 9: No clear favorite among tight top tier

College Football Playoff projected chances after Week 9: No clear favorite among tight top tier

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

College football picks against the spread: Stewart Mandel’s Week 9 picks

College football picks against the spread: Stewart Mandel’s Week 9 picks

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

College football picks against the spread: Bruce Feldman’s Week 4 picks

College football picks against the spread: Bruce Feldman’s Week 4 picks

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

College football TV schedule 2023: Dates, kickoff times, networks and streaming

College football TV schedule 2023: Dates, kickoff times, networks and streaming

Bruce Feldman’s 2023 College football Freaks list is now available.  College football is back! Bookmark this page and check back weekly to find the latest kickoff times, TV networks and/or streaming services for each game. FBS games only. All times in ET. Networks ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and ESPN are bolded. GO DEEPER Kansas, South Carolina, Duke: … Read more

AP Top 25 rankings: Georgia No. 1 in preseason poll; Michigan and Ohio State are Nos. 2-3

AP Top 25 rankings: Georgia No. 1 in preseason poll; Michigan and Ohio State are Nos. 2-3

The Georgia Bulldogs are ranked No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 college football poll after winning back-to-back national championships. Here’s what you need to know: Georgia received 60 of 63 first-place votes in the poll, which was released Monday, as it tries to become the first team to win three consecutive AP poll … Read more

Big Ten presidents discuss adding Oregon, Washington, Stanford, Cal from Pac-12: Sources

Big Ten presidents discuss adding Oregon, Washington, Stanford, Cal from Pac-12: Sources

A subgroup of four Big Ten university presidents met virtually on Wednesday as part of exploratory discussions about potentially expanding membership by two or four teams, two sources briefed on the call confirmed to The Athletic. It was not the only call they have had in recent weeks. The two sources reiterated that discussions are … Read more