College football predictions for Week 8, Oregon vs UCLA

After much assumption an undefeated Michigan will meet an undefeated Ohio State in Columbus. Is it for all the marbles though? The talk of the town is, can a 1-loss Michigan or Ohio State still get into the college football playoff? Also, we saw former No. 5 Tennessee's playoff hopes drown away in a South Carolina beat down. Lots of talking heads…

Antonio Williams posted a career-best effort in the win over Louisville. The updated College Football Playoff rankings have been released and so have the Clemson Media Poll rankings. Each week we poll 24 Clemson media members, including writers, radio hosts, bloggers, and podcasters to get the pulse on how those closest to the Tigers assess the lay…

The College Football Playoff selection committee and those responsible for setting the College Football Playoff odds haven't exactly seen eye-to-eye over the years. So it definitely is noteworthy that the committee's latest rankings, which were released Tuesday night, mostly fall in line with how oddsmakers currently view the 2022-23 college…

The year was 2007 and Alabama was still looking more like a college football has-been than a program on the cusp of a dynasty. Nick Saban's first regular season as the coach of the Crimson Tide ended with a four-game losing streak that included a loss to Louisiana-Monroe. That was the last time Alabama lost consecutive games in a regular…

First, Tennessee got thumped by Georgia, with the Vols suffering their first defeat of the season. Then Clemson also fell from the ranks of the unbeaten, losing at Notre Dame, and Alabama was knocked off by LSU. Just like that, three of the top six teams in the initial College Football Playoff rankings had lost, turning the playoff hunt upside…

Time: 7:30 p.m. ET, 6:30 p.m. CT TV: NBC network Game lines courtesy of SI Sportsbook Point spread: Clemson comes into the game as narrow 3.5 point favorites to defeat Notre Dame, according to the lines at SI Sportsbook. O/U: The books set the over/under mark at 44 points for the matchup. Moneyline: Clemson -200, Notre Dame+145 FPI…

GRAPEVINE, Texas -- The College Football Playoff selection committee rewarded undefeated Tennessee with the top spot in its first rankings of the 2022 season, marking the first time in school history the Volunteers entered the top four. The Vols were followed by No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Georgia and No. 4 Clemson. Now that the first of six rankings…

The College Football Playoff and the Bowl Championship Series before it made No. 1 vs. No. 2 rather routine in the postseason. Before all that, back in the old bowl system, everything needed to fall into place just right so No. 1 could play No. 2 for a national title. Then the BCS-style postseason was built to create that outcome, which was a good…

With another week of college football coming up, we have our first look at the updated AP top 25 rankings, but how does it compare with the old system? Thanks to BCSKnowHow.com, we have the answer to that question. The group has updated the top 25 as the BCS would rank it this week, using the formula that combines the use of polls and computer…

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Bad news guys. I might not be good at gambling. I also might be learning anything with this experiment. To be perfectly honest, I forget what I was even hoping to learn by doing this. I think I said it was to find out which strategy was to bet? What the fuck does that even mean? More fun? The bets I'm having the most fun tracking are the bets that…

Last week, we had an incredible slate with top-25 matchups all over the place, and it did not disappoint. The betting column was 3-3, but if you threw a little bit on the Tennessee Moneyline like I suggested you likely netted a solid profit for the week. We'll count that as a W, which puts the column at 31-15 on the season. This week the slate is,…

For USC football, what does being "back" mean? The definition differs by program and in the eye of the beholder. At Texas, for instance, being "back" has become a national punchline among plugged-in, meme-happy fans - to the point that the Longhorns nearly losing to Iowa State in Austin on Saturday meant they are "back" just as much as them…

As the dust settles around the latest slate of games on Saturday, let's look ahead to the next AP top 25 college football rankings Note: this isn't our ranking of the best teams, but our prediction for how top 25 voters will slot them in the official poll 25. North Carolina. A now 6-1 team playing behind one of college football's premier passers…

With there being only 12 regular season games, and most of those being conference games, almost every week in college football is a big week. But Week 7 of the season shapes up to be the most pivotal week of the season. Big game(s) in the SEC? Check. Big game(s) in the Big Ten? Check. Big game(s) in the Big 12? Check. Big game(s) in the Pac-12?…

A battle between ranked teams is set for the Rose Bowl as Utah and UCLA meet up for a conference battle in the surprisingly competitive Pac-12 in college football's Week 6 action on Saturday. Utah checks in at 4-1 winning four straight since the opening loss at Florida, while UCLA is perfect through five and on an 8-game win streak overall behind…

A pair of SEC East rivals meet in the Swamp as Florida hosts Missouri in college football's Week 6 action on Saturday. Florida is 3-2 on the year with losses to Kentucky and Tennessee, both ranked SEC rivals, while Mizzou is 7 points from being undefeated in conference play after losing close ones to Auburn and Georgia. What do the experts think of…

No surprises in last week's top-25 action, and the top 12 teams in this week's AP Poll remain undefeated at 3-0. Also, ranked Penn State, Washington, Ole Miss and Wake Forest are also 3-0. The early college football season has also produced some surprises beyond the top-25. There are currently 33 undefeated FBS teams, some of them were not…

Last week was a good reminder to never shrug off a Saturday slate of college football games that appears to be short on marquee matchups. Intrigue arises in odd places even without the obvious "big games." This week's schedule pops even less than that. If not for No. 24 Texas A&M and No. 25 Oregon squeezing into the bottom of the AP Top 25 there…

Texas A&M quarterback Haynes King (13) is tackled for no gain by Appalachian State linebacker Nick Hampton (9) during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, in College Station,Texas. (AP Photo/Sam Craft) Last week was a good reminder to never shrug off a Saturday slate of college football games that appears to be…

There was plenty of movement in the latest AP Top 25 poll even though Week 6 didn't see any top 10 teams lose. UCLA improved to 5-0 with a huge Pac-12 conference win over Utah. The Bruins jumped seven spots from No. 18 to No. 11 in the new AP poll. That was tied for the highest climb in this week's poll with Mississippi State. The Bulldogs defeated…

Top-ranked Tennessee was shellacked by Georgia on Saturday in the most-watched game this season (13.1 million viewers). No. 10 LSU stunned No. 6 Alabama with a one-point win in overtime. No. 4 Clemson was crushed by Notre Dame. It's worth noting the home team won each of those games - while the value of home-field advantage is debated in other…

The story of college football last week was Clemson overcoming a double-digit deficit to beat Syracuse and increasing its College Football Playoff odds from 41.3% to 60.3%. When someone goes up, someone must come down. Unfortunately for Michigan fans, they were the victim this week. Despite being on a bye, Michigan finds itself dropping from 48.0%…