Predicting new College Football Playoff teams, plus weak QB classes and more in Mandel’s Mailbag
I know we’re all eagerly awaiting Friday’s Save College Sports roundtable at the White House, where surely all…
Will Muschamp, Bobby Petrino and 25 fascinating assistant hires of the 2025-26 coaching carousel
The coaching carousel has almost wrapped up ahead of spring football, and while the 30-plus head coaching changes…
After fleeing Ukraine, Mariia Vainshtein is a tennis champ in New York
NEW YORK (AP) — Mariia Vainshtein never heard the noise and slept straight through that horrible night four…
College football teams with the highest winning percentage
Sustained dominance in modern college football is extraordinarily difficult to achieve. Programs must navigate constant roster turnover, evolving…
AP Top 25: Indiana earns first No. 1 football finish, plus more final poll superlatives
Indiana finished No. 1 on Tuesday in the AP Top 25 college football poll for the first time…
More campus games? Big 12 commish says ‘everything is on the table’ when it comes to playoff reboot
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — While fans trickled into the Orange Bowl stadium for a quarterfinal where tickets…
Miami’s revival, underdog Alabama and G5 reality check, plus more College Football Playoff takeaways
And now, 14 Final Thoughts from the College Football Playoff first round, in which ESPN got exactly what…
Joel Klatt’s criticism of James Madison’s inclusion in CFP has ironic flaw
The college football powers-that-be have been chomping at the bit all week to discredit the inclusion of Tulane…
College Football Playoff Hope-O-Meter 2025: Confident Indiana, skeptical Alabama?
The Athletic has live coverage of Alabama vs. Oklahoma in the College Football Playoff first round. Most fan…
College Football Playoff bracket predictions: The Athletic’s experts vs. our readers
OK, it hasn’t exactly been a banner year for accurate college football predictions. But the field has been…
Ranking the College Football Playoff’s 12 starting quarterbacks, from Mendoza to Mateer
Quarterbacks inspire confidence. If you have a good or great signal caller on your side, you’re going to…
College Football Playoff guide for bandwagon fans: Reasons to root for (and against) every team
The great debate is long over. Alabama and Miami are in the College Football Playoff and Notre Dame…