College football is unpredictable and delightful, which is why we live for what happens on Saturdays. And Week 3 absolutely delivered, from the field storm in Atlanta to a thriller in South Bend and everything in between.
The former Fighting Irish defensive coordinator is back in South Bend for the first time since the 2017 season. But this time, he’s the head coach of a team ready to make some noise.
The USF Bulls, 2-0 with wins over Boise State and Florida, clearly deserved to be ranked. But voters are always a little slow to react to big wins from a team outside of a Power 4 conference. Is USF’s ranking right?
Even though the Week 2 slate didn’t look as enticing as last week’s on paper, it’s precisely why it gave us some of the most interesting results of the season so far.
James Franklin will finally win The Big One — more than once. Preseason favorite Arch Manning will actually win the Heisman. Iowa will have a 3,000-yard passer. Plus, more bold-but-possible predictions.
The era of heavy-handed NCAA penalties is over. It’s worth looking for shortcuts, playing in the gray area and even cheating outright. If you get caught, you’ll simply pay a fine for your bad behavior — just like they do in the pros.
During her first year as a voter on the AP college football panel, Nicole Auerbach takes a deep dive into the thought process behind her ballot for the Top 25 college football preseason rankings.
Arch Manning waited two years for this opportunity. He did something that’s essentially unheard of as a five-star, can’t-miss quarterback prospect in the 2020s — he sat on the bench for two seasons, backing up Quinn Ewers.
If the Big Ten and SEC can’t come to an agreement on a new format by December, the expectation is that the Playoff moves forward in its current iteration — with 12 total teams, including five conference champions and seven at-large selections. And that is the best possible outcome.
