Jerry Palm

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College Football Playoff Rankings prediction: Oregon, Notre Dame bookend top five ahead of bracket reveal

Jerry Palm takes a crack at how the CFP Rankings will look after the final release on Sunday

Bowl projections: Oregon, Georgia, Boise State, Arizona State headline first 12-team College Football Playoff

Projecting the first 12-team College Football Playoff bracket ahead of the committee's reveal on Sunday

How might CFP Selection Committee judge conference title game losers? Georgia, SMU, Boise State in focus

The Bulldogs are likely safe in either scenario, but the Mustangs and Broncos are in the danger zone

College Football Playoff Rankings: Oregon holds on top, Georgia rejoins top five, Alabama in projected field

The fifth top 25 rankings of the 2024 season have arrived from the CFP Selection Committee

College Football Playoff Rankings prediction: Georgia jumps back into top five, Boise State cracks top 10

Jerry Palm takes a crack at how the CFP Rankings will look after the penultimate release on Tuesday night

Bowl projections: Ohio State falls to No. 8 seed in College Football Playoff, SMU earns first-round bye

The Buckeyes missed out on a trip to the Big Ten title game following their stunning loss to rival Michigan

Why Ohio State is still in good College Football Playoff position despite brutal loss to rival Michigan

The Buckeyes may even have the chance to host a first-round game if everything shakes out correctly

College football picks, predictions, odds: Notre Dame-USC, Indiana-Purdue among best bets for Week 14

Jerry Palm has one CFP contender on heavy upset alert in the last week of the regular season

College Football Playoff Rankings: Oregon remains on top as Notre Dame joins top five, SMU enters top 10

The fourth top 25 rankings of the 2024 season have arrived from the CFP Selection Committee

College Football Playoff Rankings prediction: Notre Dame joins top five, Boise State into top 10 amid shakeup

Jerry Palm takes a crack at how the CFP Rankings will look after the fourth release on Tuesday night

College football bowl projections: Team eligibility tracker by conference for 2024-25 bowl games

An updated list of teams that have become bowl eligible for the 2024-25 postseason

Bowl projections: Alabama exits College Football Playoff field, Indiana remains among at-large teams

There were some notable moves in the CFP projections this week amid the chaos of the Week 13 slate

College Football Playoff Rankings: Oregon leads repeat top five as Georgia jumps back into 12-team field

The third top 25 rankings of the 2024 season have arrived from the CFP Selection Committee

College Football Playoff Rankings prediction: Georgia, Notre Dame, Miami rise as top five holds firm

Jerry Palm takes a crack at how the CFP Rankings will look after the third release on Tuesday night

Jerry Palm is CBS Sports' bracketology and College Football Playoff expert. he started writing about sports on the internet right after Al Gore invented it. Jerry was the first to bring the RPI out in the open and is one of the pioneers of predicting the March Madness bracket. After tracking it for more than 20 years, he understands the NCAA Tournament selection process as well as those involved in setting the bracket. When the BCS was created in 1998, Jerry brought his same statistical and analytical know-how to football. That has continued with the BCS's evolution into the CFP.

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