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Tom Fornelli

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Naughty, nice list for College Football Playoff teams: Good, bad for each squad remaining in CFP bracket

The good and bad for each squad still vying for the national championship

Notre Dame, USC breakup is a shame -- but understandable through a College Football Playoff lens

We're losing yet another traditional rivalry in the name of the almighty expanded College Football Playoff

Blame the College Football Playoff system for uneven fields? No, blame the powers who've upended the sport

The College Football Playoff isn't broken -- it's college football as a whole that needs to be completely revamped

Tom Fornelli's Four Pack: Picks for Miami-Texas A&M, Ole Miss-Tulane and every game in CFP first round

Trust The Process as teams face win-or-go-home games in the College Football Playoff

Pat Fitzgerald's under-the-radar coordinator hire could go long way in rebuilding Michigan State program

Fitzgerald didn't make splashy headlines with the move, but it could be looked back upon as one of the more crucial hires

Enjoy bowl games while you can. Notre Dame's opt out amid CFP snub a sign of things to come

Teams opting out of bowl games is another symptom of the fatal disease killing the bowl system: the College Football Playoff

The ACC's tiebreaker debacle -- which could mean no playoff -- means 2025 is the year this sport went stupid

Duke's unlikely ACC title run exposed a tiebreaker system that now threatens the league's place in the College Football Playoff

Penn State bungled its way to luring Matt Campbell away from Iowa State -- the perfect outcome all along

There were bizarre twists and turns along the way, but Matt Campbell should have been Penn State's target from the beginning

Boise State vs. UNLV prediction, pick, odds, spread: Broncos, Rebels collide for Mountain West title yet again

Boise State and UNLV are set to meet up in the Mountain West Championship Game for the third-straight season

The Six Pack: Picks for Alabama vs. Georgia, Texas Tech vs. BYU and Tom Fornelli's lock of the week

Trust The Process as the college football season reaches conference championship week

Tom Fornelli's College Football Power Ratings: Ole Miss drops out of top 12 after Lane Kiffin departure

The Rebels still deserve to be in the College Football Playoff, but Kiffin's decision affects their power rating

B1G Time: More than just a trophy on the line for Ohio State, Indiana; Pat Fitzgerald set up for success

Plus, a pick for the Big Ten Championship Game

Tom Fornelli's CFP Vibe Check, end-of-regular-season edition: ACC in nightmare mode, Sark stumps for naught

We enter a version of our CFP simulation where a second Group of Six opponent gets in, should what is currently a 7-5 Duke team win the ACC Championship.

2025 Big Ten Championship Game: Ohio State vs. Indiana set for monumental clash in Indianapolis

The top two teams in the country will meet for the Big Ten title next weekend as the Buckeyes battle the Hoosiers

Iowa vs. Nebraska prediction, pick, odds, spread: Hawkeyes, Huskers clash in modern Big Ten rivalry

Big Ten rivals Iowa and Nebraska meet Friday on CBS in the regular-season finale

Tom Fornelli has been a college football writer at CBS Sports since 2010. During his time at CBS, Tom has proven time and again that he hates your favorite team and thinks your rival is a paragon of football excellence.

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