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College Football Power Rankings: BYU skyrockets into top three amid latest shakeup after chaotic Week 7

Three undefeated Big 12 teams surge into the top 10 halfway through the season, while UCLA stands as the lone remaining unbeaten program across the Big Ten and SEC

Revisiting 2026 preseason college football predictions: 10 things we were dead wrong about

From Oregon's rocky national title pursuit and Utah's undefeated rise to Michigan's offensive misery, the CBS Sports staff owns up to its biggest midseason misses

How Auburn found its magic again by beating No. 1 Georgia at its own game

After enduring five straight losing seasons and 21 years without a win between the hedges, the Tigers delivered their most monumental upset in years

LSU vs. Mississippi State prediction, pick, odds, spread: Tigers look to rebound against Bulldogs

No. 22 LSU returns home to face No. 16 Mississippi State after last week's OT loss at Kentucky

College Football Playoff nears agreement on 24-team expansion that could end title games

The College Football Playoff field is about to get much more crowded as the conferences near a deal to double the size of the field to 24 teams starting next year

'Every graphic I see reminds me of that:' How James Madison became college football's new cradle of coaches

Curt Cignetti, Bob Chesney and Billy Napier are a combined 17-0, a third of college football's remaining unbeaten. The program behind them is already moving up again, to the American Conference

'Not a grudge match': Austin Simmons returns to Ole Miss to face Trinidad Chambliss, the QB who took his job

After losing his starting role to Chambliss following an injury last season, the Missouri quarterback heads back to Oxford with College Football Playoff stakes on the line

SEC adopts standardized NIL contracts in latest step toward self-governance

After the Big Ten implemented a uniform athlete contract model, the SEC has followed suit, with school presidents voting Monday to standardize NIL and revenue-share agreements

College Football Power Rankings: Georgia rises to top spot, Alabama jumps to No. 2 after Bulldogs win showdown

There are nine unbeaten teams remaining after a wild weekend in college football

Week 6 Overreactions: Shorthanded Georgia still sport's king, Mike Elko bites the hand that feeds him

Kirby Smart silences Bryant-Denny Stadium, Elko burns bridges with Texas A&M fans and Lane Kiffin falters again on the road in a wild Week 6

College Football Playoff to hand ESPN its asking price for 24-team playoff as exclusive window closes

The CFP and ESPN have traded proposals, but sources told CBS Sports they've found little common ground on the numbers

Bob Chesney brought more than wins to UCLA -- his secret weapon father came, too

Chesney's rise from a Pennsylvania coal town to UCLA's turnaround has always included his biggest supporter: Dad, who will stand beside his son Saturday when the Bruins travel to Oregon

It takes two: Utah's dual-QB attack is college football's most creative offense and a DC's worst nightmare

No. 12 Utah built its innovative two-QB system to keep both Devon Dampier and Byrd Ficklin on campus, and defenses still have no answers

5 things I know, 5 things I think after 5 weeks of college football: Missouri's CFP push; the next Indiana is?

College football storylines are starting to take shape. Here are some certainties and a handful of educated guesses about the 2026 season

Brandon is an award-winning national college football writer. He previously covered Auburn for AL.com, Mississippi State for The Clarion-Ledger, and Arkansas for the Northwest Arkansas Times and Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

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