My picks for Week One were decent. I went two over .500 (12-10) against the spread. The good: picking San Jose State to give Stanford fits. The bad: picking Michigan State to have no trouble with Boise State. The ugly: picking Auburn to beat Clemson. Here are this week's guesses ...more

Those four defensive standouts that 'Bama had to replace from last year's shut-down squad, the ones who were snatched up in the first 35 picks of April's NFL draft, didn't seem so hard to replace. Not with the way Saban has recruited and developed talent in Tuscaloosa. ...more

Any top 10 list about college football's most indispensable or irreplaceable players figures to be quarterback-heavy, but what if you can*t include QBs? Then it opens it up quite a bit. That*s the subject of this week*s Tuesday Top 10. ...more