Which non-conference games will have the biggest impact on the College Football Playoff? Glad you asked. Here are the five best non-conference games between two Power 5 teams for the 2019 season. The projected point spreads are provided by The Action Network’s Collin Wilson. No. 1 – Notre Dame at Georgia, Sept. 21 Projected […]
Today concludes with the top five teams in my pre-spring Top 25 rankings. If you didn’t like my rankings, I promise they will change after spring practices are completed and most assuredly will be different when I submit my Associated Press preseason Top 25 ballot in August. No. 5 – Ohio State Last year: […]
Only three schools have been ranked in every edition of the College Football Playoff rankings — Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State. That trio, plus Oklahoma, has combined for 14 of the 20 playoff berths since the College Football Playoff replaced the BCS beginning in 2014. Here’s the list of schools that have been ranked the […]
The top 10 teams in Week 11’s College Football Playoff rankings all won last weekend, so there wasn’t an overhaul at the top of the rankings for Week 12. Here are our reactions to the latest rankings. No change in the top 10, where nine playoff contenders reside The four teams that make this year’s […]
Although it’s one of the toughest college football slates of the season when it comes to finding betting value, eight plays stand out to me in Week 11: Side of the week: South Carolina (+5.5) over Florida This bet is mostly a fade of Florida and their questionable quarterback situation. It’s an offense that I […]
Now that November has arrived, here are four storylines to consider when looking at the lines for Week 11 in college football. Week 11 features massive point spreads The top six in the new College Football Playoff rankings will likely be Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame, Michigan, Georgia and Oklahoma in some order. All six of […]
College football’s Week 10 slate offers plenty of value, so I divided my picks into situational plays, line-value plays and a best bet of the week. Combine the three plays that I previously discussed with the seven games I’m about to break down, and we fittingly have 10 games worth betting in Week 10. Situational […]
One week after Purdue’s upset of then-No. 2 Ohio State caused a major shakeup atop the AP Top 25 Poll, Week 9 of the college football season saw 11 ranked teams fall. It was an especially difficult week for teams in the back half of the poll as nine of the teams ranked between No. […]
More than a third of the college football teams ranked in the AP Top 25 lost in Week 9. Now, we await the College Football Playoff selection committee’s first rankings of the 2018 season, which will be unveiled Tuesday night. In the meantime, here are seven moments from Week 9 that will stick with us because of […]
Alabama: It was business as usual for the top-ranked Crimson Tide. Alabama scored 21 unanswered points in a two-minute, 50-second stretch in the first quarter. Tennessee scored 21 points in the entire game. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa threw for 306 yards and four touchdowns in Alabama’s 58-21 win. Clemson: Entering Week 8, you could have made the […]
#7 Georgia gears up for a Week 5 showdown with rival Tennessee at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville. A year after losing to the Vols on a heart-breaking Hail Mary, #7 Georgia looks to stay perfect on the road against 3-1 Tennessee. Even though the Bulldogs have looked impressive through the first quarter of the season, […]
Vanderbilt (1-3) at Kentucky (2-1) Sept. 27, 12:00, SEC Network Here’s The Deal: In most years, Vanderbilt vs. Kentucky equals the battle for last place in the SEC, but this year, more than ever, this really should be for the No. 14 spot for the loser with a brutally loaded SEC West the best division in football and the East […]
Georgia (1-0) at South Carolina (1-1) Sept. 13, 3:30, CBS Here’s The Deal: It’s a long, long college football season, and there are always several strange twists and turns, but in one way or another, the SEC East title will be influenced in a big way in a potential make-or-break game. Let’s just call it – if South Carolina […]
E-mail Pete Fiutak There we go, Georgia. That’s what we’ve been waiting for you to look like. Healthy, spry and rested, this looks like a much, much better team than the one the limped across the finish line last season, and if it can stay in one piece, look out. This is a deep and talented team with a […]